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Article: Indonesian flooding kills at least 85 people, Five foreigners among those dead in resort village

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November 4, 2003
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BUKIT LAWANG, Indonesia - Rescuers were searching through branches, mud and boulders today for survivors after flash floods swept through a resort village near a reserve for endangered orangutans on Sumatra island, killing at least 85 people.

With 123 people missing, the death toll was expected to rise.

More bodies were found this morning in the wreckage, and mourners at a local mosque washed bodies and said prayers for the dead.

Five foreigners - two Germans, two Austrians and a Singaporean - were confirmed among those killed. The rest were mostly villagers, local traders, tourist guides, guesthouse workers and their families. Names of the victims were not immediately ...

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