At least 14 killed in flash floods in Indonesia, most on island of Bali

President Prabowo Subianto orders acceleration of hunt operations and handling of aftermath of deadly flooding.

Flash floods that struck 2 provinces successful Indonesia this week person killed astatine slightest 14 people, according to catastrophe mitigation officials, with operations nether mode to hunt for the missing.

Torrential rains opening connected Monday caused flooding and landslides connected the tourer land of Bali and successful East Nusa Tenggara province.

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ordered his aides to accelerate the handling of the aftermath of the deadly flooding, find the missing and present basal needs to displaced residents, Antara authorities quality bureau reported connected Thursday.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency, BNPB, reported that 400 to 600 unit from assorted institutions had been deployed to hunt for the missing and wide debris.

Rain caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing done 9 cities and districts connected Bali. Mud, rocks and trees tumbled onto mountainside hamlets and rising rivers submerged astatine slightest 120 neighbourhoods, resulting successful a twelve landslides successful respective places, BNPB spokesperson Abdul Muhari said successful a statement.

Muhari said connected Thursday that the decease toll had risen to 14 from nine.

Most of the deaths were reported successful Bali, which mostly occurred erstwhile radical were swept distant aft rivers burst their banks, Abdul said. At slightest 2 radical stay missing.

Abdul added that much than 500 radical person been evacuated to schools and mosques.

I Gusti Ngurah Jaya Negara, politician of Bali’s superior metropolis of Denpasar, declared an exigency presumption successful effect to the disaster, to guarantee the transportation of services, Antara reported.

As stream levels returned to mean connected Thursday, radical successful Denpasar near crammed exigency shelters.

They recovered streets covered successful mud and debris, cars lying upside down successful parks oregon piled up successful constrictive alleys, and pavements strewn with sandals, pots and pans and aged photographs.

Authorities took vantage of the receding waters to statesman clearing distant mud and removing piles of bedewed rubbish from the streets, and energy was restored to tens of thousands of residences and businesses.

Heavy seasonal rainfall betwixt September and March often causes flooding and landslides successful Indonesia.

Climate alteration has besides affected tempest patterns, including the magnitude and severity of the season, starring to heavier rain, flash flooding and stronger upwind gusts.

In March, floods and landslides connected Java land killed 3 radical and near 5 others missing aft dense rainfall inundated 2 twelve towns.

In January, astatine slightest 25 radical were killed erstwhile floods and landslides deed a municipality successful Central Java.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies