JAKARTA (AFP) – Eleven people were killed and dozens were missing after torrential rains and landslides battered one of Indonesia’s outermost islands yesterday, the country’s disaster agency said. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency’s spokesperson Abdul Muhari said on Kompas TV that, according to the latest information from local officials on the Riau Islands, “11 body […]
JAKARTA: At least 15 people were killed and dozens feared missing after torrential rains and landslides battered one of Indonesia's outermost islands bordering the South China Sea, disaster officials said Monday.
More than 10 people have been killed in a landslide triggered by heavy torrential rain in the remote region of Natuna. More than 40 people are still unaccounted for.