Rescuers in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province searched rivers and wrecked villages on Thursday after flash floods and landslides killed at least 69 people and left 59 missing. Thousands of homes were submerged, forcing about 12,000 people to seek shelter.
Teams in Tanah Datar and Agam districts pulled more bodies from the mud, including a child, as efforts continued near the Anai Valley Waterfall. Officials said some hillside villages remain cut off after roads collapsed.
Heavy rain often triggers flooding and landslides across Indonesia between October and March, when unstable soil and steep terrain make rescue work slower and more dangerous.