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Death toll of Indonesia's lava floods rises to 37

STORY: Death toll of Indonesia's lava floods rises to 37 SHOOTING TIME: May 12, 2024 DATELINE: May 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: WEST SUMATRA, Indonesia CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the lava floods and rescue STORYLINE: The number of fatalities of the lava floods in Indonesia's West Sumatra province rose to 37, with 17 others missing, a senior official of the local disaster agency told Xinhua on Monday. Fajar Sukma, head of the emergency unit of the disaster management and mitigation agency of West Sumatra province, said the search and rescue operation for the missing people has resumed. Soldiers, policemen, the personnel of the disaster agency and the search and rescue office were involved in the search and rescue mission, he added. Muharrindo Idwan, a senior press officer at the provincial disaster management and mitigation agency, said an information center has been established in Tanah Datar regency to make the information about the floods more valid. On Saturday night

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INDONESIA-WEST SUMATRA-MOUNT MARAPI-LAVA FLOODS

(240512) -- WEST SUMATRA, May 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People walk in a damaged area after a cold lava flood at Agam regency in West Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 12, 2024. The death toll from lava floods that struck Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Saturday rose to 34, with at least five others missing, a senior official of the local disaster agency said on Sunday. The rains poured down the area at the slope of the Marapi volcano on Saturday evening, triggering cold lava floods that hit the regencies of Tanah Datar and Agam, Fajar Sukma, head of the emergency unit of the provincial disaster management and mitigation agency, told Xinhua via phone. (Photo by Andri Mardiansyah/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-WEST SUMATRA-MOUNT MARAPI-LAVA FLOODS

(240512) -- WEST SUMATRA, May 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rescue team members work in a damaged area after a cold lava flood at Agam regency in West Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 12, 2024. The death toll from lava floods that struck Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Saturday rose to 34, with at least five others missing, a senior official of the local disaster agency said on Sunday. The rains poured down the area at the slope of the Marapi volcano on Saturday evening, triggering cold lava floods that hit the regencies of Tanah Datar and Agam, Fajar Sukma, head of the emergency unit of the provincial disaster management and mitigation agency, told Xinhua via phone. (Photo by Andri Mardiansyah/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-WEST SUMATRA-MOUNT MARAPI-LAVA FLOODS

(240512) -- WEST SUMATRA, May 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People try to remove a damaged car after a cold lava flood at Agam regency in West Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 12, 2024. The death toll from lava floods that struck Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Saturday rose to 34, with at least five others missing, a senior official of the local disaster agency said on Sunday. The rains poured down the area at the slope of the Marapi volcano on Saturday evening, triggering cold lava floods that hit the regencies of Tanah Datar and Agam, Fajar Sukma, head of the emergency unit of the provincial disaster management and mitigation agency, told Xinhua via phone. (Photo by Andri Mardiansyah/Xinhua)