One dead, 11 missing after landslide and floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island

One dead, 11 missing after landslide and floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Torrential rain triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving one man dead and 11 other people missing, officials said (Hermanto Tobing/AP)

Rescuers have recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks after flash floods and a landslide crashed on to a hilly village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island.

Officials said on Sunday that 11 people are still missing.

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