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BENGKULU, Indonesia: Floods sparked by torrential rains have killed nearly 40 in Indonesia with a dozen more still missing, officials said Monday ...

BENGKULU, Indonesia: Floods sparked by torrential rains have killed nearly 40 in Indonesia with a dozen more still missing, officials said Monday , marking the latest calamity for a disaster-prone nation.

A landslide triggered by heavy rain in neighbouring Lampung province on Saturday also killed a family of six. "If you find them please report it to authorities or volunteers," said Indonesian disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho."We're terrified to hear this," said Samsudin, who goes by one name.Aerial photo of submerged buildings after heavy rain caused flooding in Bengkulu, Sumatra taken on Apr 27, 2019. In Sumatra, about 12,000 residents have been evacuated from water-logged Bengkulu with hundreds of buildings, bridges and roads damaged.

"The flooding in Bengkulu was made worse by the severe damage ... caused by coal mining," Ali Akbar from local environmental group Kanopi Bengkulu said in a statement.

 

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