JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - March 26, 2009 The death toll is expected to keep rising as most people were
sleeping when the decades-old dam burst at around 2 a.m. Friday
following hours of torrential rain.
Data provided by the Red Cross showed at least 34 people died.
Rescue officials confirmed those figures.
In some places water levels reached roof tops and Metro TV
footage showed several bodies floating amid chairs, clothing and
other debris. Telephone lines were toppled and cars swept away,
some hundreds of feet (meters).
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