Monsoon rains over the past week caused rivers to burst their banks in North Sumatra province on Tuesday.
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The deluge tore through mountainside villages, swept away people and submerged more than 2,000 houses and buildings, the National Disaster Management Agency said. Nearly 5,000 residents fled to government shelters
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