JAKARTA: Sixty-seven people have been reported missing, while more than 14,000 others were displaced due to flash floods in Indonesia’s Sulawesi province, authorities said on Saturday, adding that search and rescue operations were underway.
So far, rescue teams have retrieved a total of 36 bodies, international news agencies reported.
The rescuers focused their efforts in the villages of Sabbang, Baebunta, Pontaden, Meli, and Masamba city, the hardest-hit areas in Luwu Utara district, said a provincial official.
Heavy machinery equipment has also been deployed in the area.
(With inputs from agencies)
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