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Death Toll in Indonesian Floods Rises

Friday, December 29, 2006 4:54:53 AM
By FAKHRURRADZIE GADE

An Acehnese woman looks at a house destroyed at a vilage hit by flood and landslide in Aceh Tamiang district, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006. Authorities deployed boats and helicopters on Thursday to shift aid to survivors of floods and landslides in northwestern Indonesia that have killed at least 109 and displaced more than 400,000. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers reached remote villages, delivering food and medicine Friday to thousands of people displaced by floods and rain-induced landslides that have claimed at least 126 lives on Indonesia's Sumatra island.

In neighboring Malaysia, which is experiencing its most severe weather in a century, authorities found the body of a 14-year-old boy floating in a flood-swollen canal, bringing the death total there to 11.

Days of torrential rain have forced more than 400,000 people from their homes in Indonesia and displaced nearly 90,000 in Malaysia.


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