BUKIT LAWANG - Rescuers were desperately searching Tuesday for survivors after flash floods swept through a resort village near a reserve for endangered orangutans on Indonesia ’s Sumatra island, leaving more than 200 people either dead or missing. Local officials said 85 bodies had been recovered. With 123 people still missing and feared dead, the death toll was expected to rise.
More bodies were found Tuesday 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. Most of the victims were villagers: local traders, tourist guides, guesthouse workers and their families. Days of heavy rain triggered a surge Sunday night in the Bahorok River , which winds through the village of Bukit Lawang .
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BUKIT LAWANG - Rescuers were desperately searching Tuesday for survivors after flash floods swept through a resort village near a reserve for endangered orangutans on Indonesia ’s Sumatra island, leaving more than 200 people either dead or missing. Local officials said 85 bodies had been recovered. With 123 people still missing and feared dead, the death toll was expected to rise. 
