Twelve people were killed and 25 others went missing after flood hit six villages in Muara Batang Gadis, North Sumatra province of Indonesia , at 2 a.m. on Sept. 15, according to an Indonesian health official.

Rustam Pakaya, Director of the Crisis Centre under the Health Ministry, said that heavy rains triggered floods which submerged houses up to more than 2 metres high before down in Madina district of the province.

At least 200 families fled their home and took shelters in secure places, he said.

He added that the health authorities would soon send aids to the sites, including baby foods, medicine and medical staffs.

Separately, in neighbouring province of West Sumatra , rain also caused landslide, damaging scores of houses, but no casualties were reported, the official said./.