Contact: Church World Service Emergency Response Program, 212-870-3151; Program Director, dderr@churchworldservice.org; International, flumeya@churchworldservice.org;
Domestic, lreedbrown@churchworldservice.org
MEDIA ADVISORY, July 25 /Standard Newswire/ -- Heavy rain since last week has caused landslides and flooding that has so far affected more than 4,000 people in 10 villages and killed at least seven people in North Bungku and Soyo Jaya, Morowali District, in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. As many as 36 people are reported missing. The landslides occurred Sunday (June 22).
The affected areas are still impassable, with bridges in the area damaged and flood waters remaining over roof tops, Church World Service Indonesia reports.
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