Numbers of Missing, Dead in Flood Lowered
From Times Wire Reports
More than 600 people reported missing after floods and landslides killed at least 35 on a remote Indonesian island have turned up safe, officials said today.
However, the whereabouts of approximately 200 villagers on Nias island, off the northwestern coast of Sumatra, were still unknown.
Officials initially reported that 64 people were killed, but they scaled back the figure after receiving new information.
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