10 Dead, 10 Missing After Indonesia Floods, Landslide3Photo© hindustantimes.com

10 Dead, 10 Missing After Indonesia Floods, Landslide

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At least 19 people have died, and seven others were reportedly missing after flash floods and a landslide triggered by heavy rain hit Indonesia's Sumatra island.

Tonnes of mud, rocks and uprooted trees rolled down a mountain late Friday, reaching a river that burst its banks and tore through mountainside villages in Pesisir Selatan district of West Sumatra province, said Doni Yusrizal, who heads the local disaster management agency.

As of Saturday, rescuers pulled out seven bodies in the worst-hit village of Koto XI Tarusan, and recovered three others in two neighbouring villages, Yusrizal said.