Eleven people were killed and dozens were missing after torrential rains and landslides battered one of Indonesia’s outermost islands on
Monday, 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 bags had been filled” and “50 people are estimated missing”.
Mud and debris from the landslides had flattened and fully covered the houses that were near the edge of a cliff on Serasan island.
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