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1st LD: 10 killed, 2 missing in flash floods in west Indonesia

Xinhua, April 30, 2017 Adjust font size:

Flash floods in Central Java province of western Indonesia killed 10 people and two others were missing, a disaster agency official said on Sunday.

Heavy downpours triggered the disaster in five villages in Magelang district, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the national disaster management agency, said.

Four villagers were also suffering from serious injuries, and all of the wounded had been treated in a nearby hospital, he added.

Some 170 people had taken shelters in a mosque as the floods destroyed 71 houses, the spokesman said.

Search for the two missing people was underway, he told Xinhua via phonehe.

Over 1,500 soldiers, police and personel from local search and rescue office and disaster agency took part in the relief efforts. Endit