Heavy rains cause frequent landslides and flash floods in Indonesia, an archipelago nation of more than 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near floodplains.

A map of Petungkriono ... In November a landslide and flash floods triggered by heavy downpours hit Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, leaving 20 dead and two missing. A landslide in the ...

Flash floods and landslides during Indonesia's rainy season frequently lead to devastating loss of life and infrastructure damage. Millions of people live in at-risk mountainous areas or near ...

causing flash floods. Human-caused climate change has doubled the likelihood of drenching storms like the one that hit Indonesia this week, and the one that turned streets in the eastern Spanish ...

Languages: English. Sixteen bodies have been recovered from beneath heavy mudslides and flood debris in Indonesia, after flash floods devastated mountain villages on Sumatra Island, officials ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian rescuers resumed a search Wednesday for people missing after flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java that killed at least 17 people.

SUKABUMI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main ...

At least 27 have died after flash floods and landslides hit the north of Indonesia's Sumatra island. Torrential rain started striking North Sumatra province last week, causing flash floods and ...

and the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia (PVMBG) is designing a community-based early warning system (EWS) for flash floods in West Sumatra. "The EWS model that is currently being designed by the ...

Landslides and Flash Floods on Indonesia’s Java Island Leave 17 Dead and 8 Missing JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away ...