Article: Flood sends message: Logging is harming animals

Flood sends message: Logging is harming animals, humans

Waters leave 200 dead or missing in Indonesia

By CHRIS BRUMMITT Associated Press

Wednesday, November 5, 2003

Bukit Lawang, Indonesia -- 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 they collapsed Sunday night, a government spokesman said.

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