Flooding Kills 24 in Indonesian Resort Associated Press — Nov 3, 12:19 AM
Flash floods swept through a popular tourist resort on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Monday, killing 24 people, five of them foreigners, and leaving 72 others missing, a rescue official said.
The floods, which were triggered by days of heavy rain, took place in Bohorok, close to the provincial capital of Medan in north Sumatra province.
A police official, Lt. Kosim, who goes by a single name, put the death toll at 23 and the missing toll at 26. But Robert Sirait, a search and rescue official near the scene, put the number of missing at 72, and said that the 24 confirmed dead included five foreign tourists. No other details were immediately available.
Bohorok lies next to a large river that flows down from nearby mountains. It is home to an Orangutan reserve that attracts thousands of tourists every year, most of whom stay in cheap guesthouses that overlook the river.
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