Nearly 20 missing after monsoon rains trigger flash floods, sending torrents of volcanic material and mud down slopes of Mount Merapi volcano
Residents survey the devastation in Lima Kaum village after heavy rains triggered flash floods and cold lava mudslides down the slopes of Mount Merapi in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, at the weekend.Residents survey the devastation in Lima Kaum village after heavy rains triggered flash floods and cold lava mudslides down the slopes of Mount Merapi in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, at the weekend.
Monsoon rains and a major mudslide from a cold lava flow on Mount Marapi caused a river to breach its banks and tear through mountainside villages in four districts in West Sumatra province just before midnight on Saturday. The floods swept away people and submerged more than 100 houses and buildings, national disaster management agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said on Sunday.
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