Overflowing dam kills 30 in Indonesia

Thirty people are dead and 25 others are injured after thousands had to leave their Indonesian villages due to flooding.

A flooded neighbourhood in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

Thousands of Indonesians have had to leave their homes due to flooding in South Sulawesi. (AAP)

An overflowing dam has killed at least 30 people in Indonesia and forced thousands to flee their villages. Twenty-five people are missing.

Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency has set up temporary shelters and field kitchens for residents fleeing floodwaters over a metre high that inundated riverside settlements in South Sulawesi province.

"So far we have found 30 people who drowned or were caught in landslides triggered by heavy rains and when the Bili-Bili dam started overflowing," said agency official Hasriadi.

One major highway has been blocked, prompting authorities to deliver aid via helicopter, according to media.

Aerial images showed muddy brown water covering swaths of lands and, in some areas, rushing water washing away houses and debris.


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