JAKARTA - The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Indonesia has risen to 26, an official said on Thursday, with hopes fading for 19 others still missing. Among the dead or missing are more than a dozen children under 12 years of age, though several have yet to be formally identified, the agency said. The community is also helping out," Rampangilei said, adding that a disaster report had been sent to President Joko Widodo. Landslides and flooding are common in Indonesia, a vast tropical archipelago prone to natural disasters and torrential downpours. The country's disaster agency has warned people to be alert for disasters this wet season as a La Nina weather phenomenon threatens unseasonably heavy rain.

Source: Bangkok Post September 22, 2016 03:45 UTC