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Article: Death toll from Indonesia's floods hit 101
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- November 6, 2003
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AP Worldstream
11-06-2003
Dateline: JAKARTA, Indonesia
The death toll from a flash flood close to an orangutan reserve in western Indonesia hit 101 on Thursday as the government promised to punish illegal loggers held responsible for the disaster.
At least 146 other people are reported missing and feared dead as a result of the flood Sunday, which sent thousands of logs and water crashing down on Bukit Lawang village in north Sumatra, said provincial spokesman Edi Sofyan.
Officials have cautioned, however, that the missing figure could be inflated, saying it is likely that some people on the list had left the area before the flood.
Rescuers and villagers Thursday continued the search for ...