Sharjah24 - AFP: On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, flash floods and a landslide devastated a community close to Lake Toba, leaving at least ten people missing, a rescue official reported on Monday.
The landslide and floods caused by torrential rain hit residential areas in a village in North Sumatra province late on Friday, killing one person, a 78-year-old woman, sweeping away dozens of houses and destroying a hotel.
Eleven people were initially declared missing but rescuers found another body on Monday, head of Medan search and rescue agency Budiono, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, said in a statement.
Among the missing are children aged six and eight years old.
The search efforts have been divided on water and land, with several boats and divers scouring for the missing while excavations and scouting around Lake Toba were taking place, he said.
They were using sonar detection, fearing their bodies may have been dragged into the world's biggest volcanic lake, the official said.
Around 140 people were evacuated from the village, according to the national search and rescue agency Basarnas.
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