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CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
11-05-2003
Dateline: BUKIT LAWANG, Indonesia


Residents of Bukit Lawang walk past a hotel destroyed by a flash flood, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003, on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. A massive torrent of water and logs devastated this village late Sunday, killing at least 85 people and leaving at least 120 others missing. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)

A devastating flood in Indonesia that left more than 200 people dead or missing has driven home a stark warning: rampant logging in Sumatra's forests is harming not only endangered animals but humans too.

Felled trees may have blocked a waterway high in the mountains, causing a huge flash flood when ...

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