10 dead, 10 missing after Indonesia floods, landslide

Torrential rains triggered the floods and landslide that hit Pesisir Selatanregency in West Sumatra province, forcing around 46,000 people to evacuate totemporary shelters.
"Ten people were found dead. Two victims were found in Langgai village,Sutera subdistrict, seven victims were found and identified in Koto XITarusan subdistrict and one other victim was found in the Lengayangsubdistrict," Pesisir Selatan disaster mitigation agency acting head DoniYusrizal said in a statement.
Doni added that bad weather had hampered efforts to search for 10 missingpeople.
"The weather as of this morning is still rainy, and then there are someaccess (points) that were cut off so it is difficult to go through," saidDoni, adding they were using boats to reach people cut off by the floods.
At least 14 houses were buried in the landslide, more than 20,000 houses wereflooded and eight bridges had collapsed, according to the statement.
In Padang Pariaman regency, also in West Sumatra, heavy downpours betweenThursday and Friday caused rivers to overflow and triggered floods and alandslide, killing at least three people, according to a statement from thelocal disaster mitigation agency.
Indonesia is prone to landslides during the rainy season and the problem hasbeen aggravated in some places by deforestation, with prolonged torrentialrain causing flooding in some areas of the archipelago nation, reports BSS.
A landslide and floods swept away dozens of houses and destroyed a hotel nearLake Toba on Sumatra in December, killing at least two people.