After this violent weather on the island of Sumatra, 16 other people are also missing, according to emergency services.
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At least 34 people have died after floods and cold lava flows on Indonesia’s western island of Sumatra, a spokesman for the island’s search and rescue agency said. , Sunday May 12. These disasters also left 18 injured and 16 missing.
Torrential rains fell for several hours on Saturday in the districts of Agam and Tanah Datar, in the west of this island of nearly 60 million inhabitants. These precipitations caused flash floods as well as flows of cold lava, a magma formed by the ashes, rocks and sand that make up the walls of a volcano, in this case Mount Marapi.
Three additional victims were recorded according to local emergency services, but their deaths had to be confirmed by regional authorities, who continued to receive reports of missing people on Sunday.
Landslides and floods are common in Indonesia during the rainy season: in early March, at least 26 people were found dead after further floods and landslides in Sumatra.
