Soldiers and police dug through piles of mud and debris today in a desperate search for survivors after a flood from a burst dam killed at least 77 people outside Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. But they were losing hope the 100 still missing would be found alive.

TORRENTIAL rain caused a colonial-era dam to burst outside the Indonesian capital early yesterday, sending a wall of muddy water crashing into a densely packed neighbourhood and killing at least 58 people.

Torrential rain caused a dam to burst early today, sending a wall of water crashing into a crowded neighbourhood just outside Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.

A landslide at a gold mine killed four workers and left 11 missing on the Indonesian island of Lombok, a Health Ministry official said today.

AN INDONESIAN ferry carrying 250 passengers capsized and sank yesterday after being battered by a large wave in storms in the country’s east officials said, adding bad weather and nightfall made rescue efforts difficult.

A powerful earthquake has jolted eastern Indonesia, killing at least two people, damaging hundreds of homes and triggering a region-wide tsunami warning.

The death toll from Indonesia’s massive earthquake rose to 23 today as more villagers started returning home, an official said.

A series of powerful earthquakes jolted Indonesia in less than 24 hours, sending a 10-foot tsunami crashing to shore and damaging hundreds of houses as panicked residents fled to the hills.

A second powerful earthquake in as many days jolted Southeast Asia and triggered a regional tsunami warning today, damaging hundreds of buildings along Indonesia’s western coast and sending panicked residents fleeing inland.

Tens of thousands of people remained camped out in shelters or under bridges in Indonesia’s flood-hit capital Jakarta today, as authorities said they would spray the city with disinfectant to prevent the spread of disease.

Residents working in waist-high mud salvaged plates and family photos from washed-out neighbourhoods in Jakarta as fresh rains today triggered more flooding, compounding the misery for hundreds of thousands forced from their homes.

Overnight downpours sent storm waters coursing back into some low-lying areas of Indonesia’s capital today, but authorities said floods had receded elsewhere, allowing more than 115,000 people to return home.

Filthy flood water inundated large parts of Indonesia’s capital today, sparking fears that killer diseases may spread among nearly 340,000 people forced from their homes by the worst flooding to hit the city in recent memory.

BOATS carried emergency supplies to desperate Indonesians today as overflowing rivers again burst banks following days of rain in the flood-stricken capital, leaving 20 dead and 340,000 homeless.

Boats carried emergency supplies to desperate Indonesians today as overflowing rivers again burst banks following days of rain in the flood-stricken capital which has left 20 dead and 340,000 homeless.