Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP – Flash floods and a landslide swept four districts of Indonesia’s Sumatra island over the weekend, killing at least 16 people, the national disaster agency said.

“In total, 16 people died and seven more people are missing,” spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Abdul Muhari said in a statement on Monday.

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