REFILE-Overflowing dam kills at least 30 in Indonesia


Reuters | Updated: 24-01-2019 14:12 IST | Created: 24-01-2019 14:12 IST
REFILE-Overflowing dam kills at least 30 in Indonesia

An overflowing dam has killed at least 30 people in Indonesia and forced thousands to flee their villages, authorities said on Thursday. Twenty-five people are missing.

Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency has set up temporary shelters and field kitchens for residents fleeing floodwaters over a metre high that inundated riverside settlements in South Sulawesi province, including in the provincial capital Makassar, on Wednesday and Thursday. (Reporting by Kanupriya Kapoor; Editing by Nick Macfie)

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