JAKARTA, Nov 4, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Flash floods in a remote area of Indonesia 
have killed at least 15 people and left eight more missing, the national 
disaster management agency said on Tuesday.

The floods, triggered by heavy rain on Saturday, hit two separate parts of 
Nduga regency in the eastern province of Papua Pegunungan.

After initially announcing that 23 people were missing, Abdul Muhari, 
spokesman for the disaster management agency, said that "15 people have been 
found dead."

He said that the search was ongoing for the remaining eight.

Massive landslides in the area have hampered the operation, Abdul said in an 
earlier update.

He had also said that those missing included 15 people who were swept away by 
a flash flood while attempting to cross a river, but it was not immediately 
clear whether this was the group that was eventually found dead.

The annual monsoon season in Indonesia, typically between November and April, 
often brings landslides, flash floods and water-borne diseases.

Climate change has affected storm patterns, including the length and severity 
of the season, leading to heavier rain, flash flooding and stronger wind 
gusts.

At least 18 people died in September when a flood hit Bali -- the popular 
holiday island's worst in a decade, according to the Meteorology, Climatology 
and Geophysics Agency.

In January, floods and landslides in Central Java province killed at least 25 
people.