A police spokesman said authorities are still searching for missing people, including some trapped in a minibus and other vehicles hit by a mudslide in Indonesia's North Sumatra province.

Indonesian officials say rescuers have recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island.

Flash floods swamped roads in North Sumatra, Indonesia, after days of torrential rain. Footage shows motorists navigating through floodwaters in Kampung Lalang, Medan, on7. Residents were forced to wade through inundated paths,