Landslide and flash floods leave 16 dead in Sumatra, Indonesia

Rescuers search for missing people after a landslide that killed a number of people and left some others missing in Karo, North Sumatra (Binsar Bakkara/AP)

Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages in Sumatra, officials said.

Six people are still missing, according to officials.