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Video shows the moment a landslide hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island where heavy rain and flash flooding have killed at least 10 people and left dozens missing. | Al Jazeera English

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Rampant deforestation and natural resource extraction contributed to severe flooding after a rare tropical storm unleashed torrential rains on the Indonesian island of Sumatra last week, local environmentalists said https://reut.rs/3Xtp7yz | Reuters