More than 110 dead in Indonesia floods

SINJAI: Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 111 people in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province and left a further 101 missing, an official said on Wednesday.

The disaster, which has hit at least seven districts in the province after two days of torrential rain, is the latest in a series of similar tragedies to hit the world's biggest archipelago this year.

Saktianto, an officer at the South Sulawesi search and rescue agency, said the latest report from Sinjai, the worst-hit district, showed 103 people had been killed and 99 were still missing.

Saktianto said floods killed 64 people while landslides claimed another 39 lives there.

Another two people were killed in Bantaeng district and another in Bone district, while two others were missing. Six of those missing earlier were found, local officials said.

The district police chief in Bulukumba district said five people had died there.

Sinjai district spokesman Budiman said some of the victims would be buried in a mass grave because families could not take care of their dead.

"A number of families have asked the district government to take care of the corpses," he was quoted as saying by the state-run Antara news agency.

Budiman said the death toll would likely increase, saying some flood-hit areas could not be reached as roads were blocked by landslides.