Rescuers recovered more bodies after flash floods and cold lava flow on Indonesia's Sumatra island over the weekend killed at least 50 people and left another 27 missing, the country's disaster agency said.
Hours of heavy rain caused large volcanic rocks to roll down one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes into two of the worst-hit districts on Sumatra island on Saturday evening while flooding inundated roads, homes and mosques.
An official said 27 people were still missing and 37 had been injured, while 3,396 people had been evacuated from the affected areas.
He said that the death toll could rise further and called for heavy equipment to be deployed to help the search effort.
"The data will continue to develop. To help find (victims) who are still missing, the heavy equipment must come in as quickly as possible," he said.
He added that the search was urgent as rescuers only had a "golden time" of six days to find survivors.
Terrifying rains
Aid deliveries were being carried out using air and land routes, some of which required emergency bridges, after the flooding and cold lava flow cut off some road access in the worst-hit areas, the official said.
He said 71 houses were completely swept away and 125 houses were moderately damaged by the flooding and cold lava flow.
Cold lava, also known as lahar, is volcanic material such as ash, sand and pebbles carried down a volcano's slopes by rain.
Residents described the thundering noise when large volcanic rocks bowled down from Marapi and their fear as terrifying rains inundated their neighbourhoods.
Indonesia is prone to landslides and floods during the rainy season.
In 2022, about 24,000 people were evacuated and two children were killed in floods on Sumatra island, with environmental campaigners blaming deforestation caused by logging for worsening the disaster.
Marapi is one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes.
In December, Marapi erupted and spewed an ash tower 3,000 metres into the sky, taller than the volcano itself.
At least 24 climbers, most of them university students, died in the eruption.
