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Indonesia flood death toll climbs to 77



JAKARTA: The death toll in Indonesia’s floods in eastern Papua province has reached 77, the disaster agency said on Monday.

Over three dozen people remain missing and scores have been injured in the disaster caused by torrential rains and landslides.

Earlier on Sunday the authorities had put the death toll at 58.

There is a rainy reason in Indonesia which lasts from October to April.

A total of 70 people were reported to have been killed in Sulawesi Island in January.

 

Publish Date : 18 March 2019 15:14 PM

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