This aerial photo shows the area affected by flash floods in Sentani, Papua province, Indonesia, on March 18, 2019. Flash floods and mudslides triggered by downpours tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia’s easternmost province, killing dozens of people, disaster officials said. (Source: Associated Press)
Hanoi (VNA) – The death toll from flash floods in Papua province,eastern Indonesia, rose to 89, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said onMarch 19.
The number of dead is expected to rise as rescue workers are searching for 74people reportedly missing.
The agency’s spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said about 6,800 residents were evacuatedto temporary shelters.
According to him Sentani near the provincial capital of Jayapura is the worst hitarea, where tonnes of mud, rocks and trees from a landslide on a mountainrolled down to a river that burst its banks, sweeping away residents.
Flash floods and landslide struck at the weekend after torrential rain fell onMarch 16 in Sentani, close to Jayapura city.
Indonesia is frequently hit by floods and landslides during the rainy seasonwhich runs from October to April.
In January, floods and landslides killed at least 70 people on Sulawesiisland, while earlier this month hundreds in West Java province were forced toevacuate when torrential rains triggered severe flooding.-VNA
At least two people were killed and hundreds forced to evacuate due to flooding in many areas of Indonesia while six others are still missing, according to the Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management.
Indonesia has issued a 14-day state of emergency to cope with the heavy consequences of flash floods and landslide triggered by torrential rain in the eastern province of Papua, as fatalities have climbed to 77 on March 18.
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This aerial photo shows the area affected by flash floods in Sentani, Papua province, Indonesia, on March 18, 2019. Flash floods and mudslides triggered by downpours tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia’s easternmost province, killing dozens of people, disaster officials said. (Source: Associated Press) 
