Two foreigners killed in flash flood

Two foreigners killed in flash flood

JAKARTA : An American volunteer teacher and her Canadian
colleague were killed after a flash flood hit a popular waterfall
that the pair was visiting, police said on Thursday.

"Hannah Showaker, 25, of Newville, Pennsylvania, and Alana
Fife, 22, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, were taking photos on Wednesday
at the Sekar Langit waterfall, 600 kilometers east of Jakarta,"
an officer said.

Within seconds, a wave of water rushed down the waterfall and
carried the two off," Sgt. Agus Burhanudin of the Magelang Police
said.

Showaker's body was found among the rocks of nearby Sekar
Langit river, he said. Police found Fife's body downstream late
on Thursday, Agus said.

The victims were part of a group of tourists visiting the
Sekar Langit waterfalls.

Flooding and landslides are common in Indonesia.
Environmentalists have often blamed illegal loggers for the
disasters. In December, a massive wave of mud, water and rocks
triggered by days of heavy rain swept through the district of
Pacet, East Java, killing 32 people. --Antara