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Indonesia digs out as flooding and landslide kill 20

China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-27 00:00
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JAKARTA — Rescue workers in western Indonesia used heavy equipment on Tuesday to dig out victims following weekend flooding and landslides that have killed at least 20 people, the national disaster agency said.

In North Sumatra Province, the bodies of five people listed as missing had been pulled from under a mountain of mud and debris, agency spokesman Abdul Muhari said in a statement.

"All victims have been found dead," he said on Tuesday, adding that 10 people in all had been killed in a Karo district landslide.

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