Indonesian officials say rescuers have recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island.

The Indonesian province of North Sumatra has been battered by a week of relentless rainfall leading to floods and landslides in several parts. Scores have died while rescue efforts are underway to search for the missing.

Indonesian rescuers on Friday searched for survivors buried in three cars and bus at the base of a cliff after flash floods and landslides in North Sumatra province killed at least 29 people. Torrential rain for the past week in the province has triggered flash floods and landslides in four different districts,

In North Sumatra, Indonesia, flash floods and landslides have claimed at least 27 lives, causing searches for those trapped, including passengers in a mud-buried minibus. Heavy rains since last week have damaged multiple districts,

Heavy rains and floods have severely impacted the 2024 Regional Elections in North Sumatra on Wednesday. Many polling stations (TPS) across the region were either submerged or damaged by landslides, preventing voters from casting their ballots.

Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials said Monday. Six people are still missing,

Rescuers recovered two more bodies from a tourist bus hit by a landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia's Sumatra island, bringing the death toll to nine, officials said. At least 20 people have died in other landslides and floods in the region this week.

At least seven people died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia's western Sumatra island, officials said on Thursday, adding to the death toll from landslides in the region this week.