More bodies found in Indonesia after flash floods killed dozens and submerged homes

By KASPARMAN PILIANG
Associated Press

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers have recovered more bodies after monsoon rains triggered flash floods on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, leaving 44 people dead and 15 missing. The heavy rains, along with a landslide of mud and cold lava from Mount Marapi, caused a river to breach its banks over the weekend. Authorities are struggling to get tractors and other heavy equipment over washed-out roads in West Sumatra province. Hundreds of police, soldiers and residents dug through the debris with their hands, shovels and hoe as rain, damaged roads and thick mud hampered their progress.