Indonesia landslides, floods kill 41 people

Landslides and flash floods from torrential rains in eastern Indonesia have killed at least 41 people and displaced thousands.

More than two dozen others are still missing. Mud tumbled down from surrounding hills onto dozens of homes in Lamenele village shortly after midnight on Adonara island in East Nusa Tenggara province.

Rescuers recovered 35 bodies and at least five injured.

Flash flooding killed at least six people elsewhere.

Relief efforts were hampered by power cuts, blocked roads covered in thick mud and debris as well as the remoteness of the area surrounded by choppy seas and high waves.

Seasonal downpours cause frequent landslides and floods, killing dozens each year in Indonesia, a chain of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood plains.

[Source: Associated Press/ ONENEWS]