Holidaymakers swept to deaths from beach

Two people drowned as waves swept holidaymakers off a beach in eastern Indonesia and a small cargo ship is missing in high seas.

A huge wave came in suddenly while people were swimming at the beach. The local meteorology office warned of waves as high as six metres and winds of up to 50km/h. Joseph Lagadoni Herin, a Flores island government official, said separately today that he had received reports a small cargo ship had gone missing. It had been expected to arrive in Flores from South Sulawesi and the number of crew on board the ship was not known. The local meteorology office warned of waves as high as six metres and winds of up to 50km/h. Torrential rains have inundated Indonesia's main island of Java over the past week, killing scores of people in landslides and displacing thousands following floods. High seas and wild weather are not unusual from December to February, when the rainy season hits a peak across the nation.
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