Reuters: Indonesian relief and rescue workers used a helicopter and rubber boats on Monday to deliver aid and rescue people marooned on Java island after massive flooding triggered by days of torrential rain. Nearly 100 people have died and about 60,000 left homeless after the floods and a series of landslides buried houses in Central Java and East Java last week. Rescue operations have been slow because of a blanket of mud cutting off roads. A shortage of heavy equipment has also …
Indonesia uses boats to rescue flood-hit people
Reuters: Indonesian relief and rescue workers used a helicopter and rubber boats on Monday to deliver aid and rescue people marooned on Java island after massive flooding triggered by days of torrential rain. Nearly 100 people have died and about 60,000 left homeless after the floods and a series of landslides buried houses in Central Java and East Java last week. Rescue operations have been slow because of a blanket of mud cutting off roads. A shortage of heavy equipment has also …
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