JAKARTA - The confirmed death toll from a flash flood blamed on illegal logging in Langkat, regency, North Sumatra province, stands at 123 as the search continues for 147 people still missing and feared dead, officials said Friday. As of late Friday afternoon rescue workers had recovered 123 bodies, 10 of them found earlier in the day, said Masrizan, head of a unit tasked with finding flood victims in the resort town of Bahorok in Langkat district.
Workers found all seven bodies badly decomposed under piles of tree logs and mud, he told El Shinta radio. Among those killed were five foreigners. About 450 homes or other structures were destroyed along with 35 resort cottages, two mosques and eight bridges. Senior officials, including Vice President Hamzah Haz, have said rampant illegal logging in the neighbouring Gunung Leuser national park helped cause the disaster.
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JAKARTA - The confirmed death toll from a flash flood blamed on illegal logging in Langkat, regency, North Sumatra province, stands at 123 as the search continues for 147 people still missing and feared dead, officials said Friday. As of late Friday afternoon rescue workers had recovered 123 bodies, 10 of them found earlier in the day, said Masrizan, head of a unit tasked with finding flood victims in the resort town of Bahorok in Langkat district. 
