Indonesian rescuers race to find hundreds missing in deadliest flood since 2004 tsunami

JAKARTA: Indonesian rescuers were struggling on Tuesday to reach cut-off villages in Sumatra, where over 700 people were killed and more than 500 remain missing following the most devastating floods and landslides in decades. The floods and landslides, which were triggered by extreme weather linked to tropical cyclones Senyar and Koto, hit the provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh last week and displaced some 1.1 million people, according to Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency.

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