After dozens die in floods, Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall

Flash floods hit Indonesia's Sumatra Island, killing at least 59 people with at 16 still missing. To prevent even more flooding, Indonesian authorities have seeded clouds.

The floods swept away people and dozens of homes and submerged hundreds of houses and buildings, forcing more than 1,500 families to flee to temporary government shelters, according to National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari.

National Search and Rescue Agency said that 59 bodies had been pulled from mud and rivers by Wednesday, mostly in the worst-hit Agam and Tanah Datar districts, while rescuers are searching for 16 people who are reportedly missing, revising earlier data that put the number of missing at 35. About 33 villagers were injured.