EGN NEWS DESK
Heavy rain in Indonesia over the weekend triggered flash flooding and despatched torrents of chilly lava coursing down a volcano and into cities, killing not less than 37 folks, officers mentioned.
Hours of rain on Saturday evening carried volcanic rock and ash down Mount Marapi, an lively volcano on the island of Sumatra. Those mudslides are referred to as lahars in Indonesian, which interprets to chilly lava.
The rain additionally prompted a close-by river to overflow.
Four areas on the western a part of Sumatra have been badly impacted, in accordance with Indonesia’s catastrophe administration company. Nearly 200 homes have been inundated and 159 folks have been evacuated, the company mentioned. Some of the flooding left mud deposits excessive sufficient to succeed in an grownup’s calves, it mentioned.
By Sunday evening, 37 residents had been killed and one other 17 have been lacking, the company mentioned.
