The government said floods and landslides in Indonesia have now killed at least fifty-nine people, after heavy rain pounded Sulawesi island and forced thousands to flee their homes.
Head of South Sulawesi disaster mitigation agency said he has never seen something this bad – this is the worst adding that twenty-five people were still missing.
Lashed by the heavy rain, rivers swelled and burst their banks, inundating dozens of communities in 11 districts of southern Sulawesi. Parts of the provincial capital Makassar have also been affected.
Gowa district however has suffered the heaviest casualties, with forty-four people found dead.
