More than 20 dead in Sumatra floods, landslides

The death toll from flash flooding and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has risen to 21, an official said on Sunday, with six people still missing. Since on Thursday, Torrential rains triggered the disaster in Pesisir Selatan regency in the West Sumatra province, with more than 75,000 people forced to evacuate. Rescuers were searching for the missing.

Indonesia is prone to landslides during the rainy season and the problem has been aggravated in some places by deforestation, with prolonged torrential rain causing flooding in some areas of the archipelago nation.