At least 50 killed by flash floods in Indonesia’s PapuaBy The Manila TimesJAYAPURA: At least 50 people have been killed by flash floods in Indonesia’s eastern Papua province, an official said Sunday, as rescuers raced to find more victims of the disaster. The floods in Sentani, near the provincial capital of Jayapura, were triggered by torrential rain and subsequent landslides on Saturday, and also left 59 people injured. Papua shares a border with independent Papua New Guinea on an island just north of Australia. In January, floods and landslides killed at least 70 people on Sulawesi island, while earlier this month hundreds in West Java province were forced to evacuate when torrential rains triggered severe flooding. In December, the western part of Java island was slammed by a deadly volcano-triggered tsunami that killed about 400 people.

Source: Manila Times March 17, 2019 04:30 UTC