Video|According to environmentalists, extensive logging has made floods and rock slides even worse.
Flash floods and the number of people who have died due to rockfalls in Sumatra in the western part of Indonesia has already risen to over forty, officials said on Monday.
Eyewitnesses tell the news agency AFP that they escaped the “cold lava” or lahar that fell from the slopes of the Morapi flood mountain. A lahari is a mudslide that can be created by a volcanic eruption and is a mixture of ash, sand and rocks.
The most severe destruction was experienced in the provinces of Agam and Tanah Datar.
The authorities according to the report, almost a couple of dozen people were missing from floods and rock slides.
Floods and rock slides are relatively common during the rainy season in Indonesia. According to environmentalists, extensive logging has further worsened the situation.
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