At least 248 people have now died and more than 100 people are missing following floods and landslides in Indonesia, which has also been hit by an earthquake.

Monsoon rains over the past week caused rivers to burst their banks in North Sumatra province.

The deluge tore through mountainside villages, swept away people and submerged thousands of houses and buildings, the National Disaster Management Agency said.

Rescue workers have been struggling to reach some areas cut off by damaged roads, and where communications lines have come down. Authorities fear the number of dead will increase further.

Image: Medan, North Sumatra. Pic: AP/ Binsar Bakkara

Relief aircraft have been delivering aid and supplies to the hard-hit district of Central Tapanuli in North Sumatra and others in the regi

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