Indonesia digs out as flooding, landslide death toll hits 20

Rescue workers in western Indonesia used heavy equipment on Tuesday to dig out from weekend flooding and landslides that have killed at least 20 people, the national disaster agency said.

In North Sumatra, the bodies of five people listed as missing had been pulled from under a mountain of mud and debris.  Beginning Saturday, heavy rain pounded four districts across northern Sumatra, producing the deadly floods and landslides.

The electricity was cut off and there is no cellphone reception, making it difficult for us rescuers to communicate," a local search and rescue agency spokesman said.