Death toll rises in Indonesia floods

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.

Death toll rises in Indonesia floods

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.

Hundreds of people remained on the second floors of their houses, either trapped or unwilling to abandon them despite warnings that muddy water running four metres deep in places may rise in the coming days.

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