Flash floods, mudslides in eastern Indonesia kill at least 50, injure scores more. The death toll is likely to increase, authorities say.
In this photo provided by National Search and Rescue Agency, or BASARNAS, the agency's personnel and police carry the body of flood victim at Sentani, Papua Province, Indonesia, Sunday, March 17, 2019. Flash flood and mudslides triggered by days of torrential downpours tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia's easternmost province, killing dozens of people, disaster officials said Sunday.
Nugroho said 50 bodies had been pulled from the mud and wreckage of crumpled homes by Sunday, and another 59 people were hospitalized, many with broken bones and head wounds.He said the number of dead and injured will likely increase since many affected areas have not been reached. Papua military spokesman Col. Muhammad Aidi said rescuers managed to save two injured infants who had been trapped for more than six hours. The parents of one of the babies were washed away and died.
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