JAKARTA
\nRescue workers in western Indonesia used heavy equipment on Tuesday to dig out from weekend flooding and landslides that have killed at least 20 people, the national disaster agency said.
\nIn North Sumatra, the bodies of five people listed as missing had been pulled from under a mountain of mud and debris, agency spokesman Abdul Muhari said in a statement.
\n\u201cAll victims have been found dead,\u201d he said Tuesday, adding that 10 people in all had been killed in a Karo district landslide.
\nBeginning Saturday, heavy rain pounded four districts across northern Sumatra, producing the deadly floods and landslides.
\nJuspri Nadeak, disaster chief in hardest-hit Karo district, said the discovery of victims not yet reported missing to authorities remained a possibility.
\n\u201cThe landslide area provides access to hot springs, so there\u2019s a possibility that tourists were hit by it,\u201d he told AFP Tuesday.
\n\u201cWe are still cleaning up the mud and debris from the landslide while anticipating the possibility of discovering more victims.\u201d
\nIn a village in Deli Serdang district, where four people have been found dead and two more were missing, piles of mud, logs and rocks were scattered around the village where a rescue operation was underway.
\n\u201cThe electricity was cut off and there is no cellphone reception, making it difficult for us rescuers to communicate,\u201d Iman Sitorus, a local search and rescue agency spokesman, told AFP.
\nAuthorities also have deployed heavy equipment to clean up the debris, he said.
\nIndonesia has suffered a string of recent extreme weather events, which experts say are made more likely by climate change.
\nIn May, at least 67 people died after a mixture of ash, sand and pebbles carried down from the eruption of Mount Marapi in West Sumatra washed into residential areas, causing flash floods.
\nThe disaster agency on Monday revised downward its tally to 15 dead and seven missing following an earlier report that listed one more killed.
\nThe death toll climbed to 20 on Tuesday following the discovery of the five bodies in Karo district.
\nThe rest of the victims were found in South Tapanuli, Padang Lawas and Deli Serdang districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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