Search continues: Rescue workers using heavy machines to clear a road from rock and mud following a landslide in Simangulampe village, North Sumatra, Indonesia. — AP
TORRENTIAL rain triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving at least 12 people missing, officials said.
Tons of mud, rocks and trees rolled down from a mountain late Friday, reaching a river that burst its banks and tore through mountainside villages, said Budiono, who heads the local search and rescue agency.
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