Flash Floods, Earthquake in Indonesia Kill Over 80

In this photo provided by National Search and Rescue Agency, or BASARNAS, the agency's personnel and police carry the body of flood victim at Sentani, Papua Province, Indonesia, on March 17, 2019. Basarnas via AP
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JAYAPURA, Indonesia—The number of people killed after torrential downpours triggered flash floods and mudslides that tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia’s easternmost province has climbed to 79, with dozens of others missing, officials said Monday, March 18.

On Sunday, the disaster-prone country was hit by an earthquake, triggering a landslide that hit a popular waterfall on the tourist island of Lombok, killing at least three people and damaging hundreds of homes.