Rescuers have recovered two more bodies from a tourist bus hit by a landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, bringing the death toll to nine.

Landslides in Indonesia's North Sumatra province have claimed at least seven lives, with more than seven others reported missing, according to top rescuers and officials.

Extreme weather is expected in Indonesia towards the end of 2024, as the La Nina phenomenon increases rainfalls across the tropical archipelago, the country's weather agency has warned.

In North Sumatra, Indonesia, flash floods and landslides have claimed at least 27 lives, causing searches for those trapped, including passengers in a mud-buried minibus. Heavy rains since last week have damaged multiple districts,

Heavy rains and floods have severely impacted the 2024 Regional Elections in North Sumatra on Wednesday. Many polling stations (TPS) across the region were either submerged or damaged by landslides, preventing voters from casting their ballots.

(241127) -- NORTH SUMATRA, Nov. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man votes at a polling station in flood water in Tanjung Gusta village of North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, Nov. 27, 2024. Indonesia held regional elections, which include provinces, cities, and regencies on Wednesday. (Photo by Irsan Mulyadi/Xinhua)

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.

Indonesian rescuers on Friday searched for survivors buried in three cars and bus at the base of a cliff after flash floods and landslides in North Sumatra province killed at least 29 people. Torrential rain for the past week in the province has triggered flash floods and landslides in four different districts,

Rescuers have retrieved two more bodies from a tourist bus engulfed by a landslide on Indonesia's Sumatra island, raising the death toll to nine, officials confirmed. The disaster, stemming from intense rainfall,