Rescue teams in Indonesia&nbsp;were searching for victims of a series of landslides that killed at least 15 people on New Year's Day, news agency Reuters reported quoting officials on Wednesday, after a year of natural disasters killed thousands.

At least 20 people were missing after landslides during heavy rain buried 30 houses in Sukabumi regency, West Java.

Authorities were forced to suspend the rescue operations on Tuesday after heavy rains.&nbsp;

Indonesia is a disaster-prone archipelago that in 2018 suffered its deadliest year in over a decade in a series of earthquakes and tsunamis in different regions killed more than 3,000 people.

Rescue teams in Indonesia were searching for victims of a series of landslides that killed at least 15 people on New Year's Day, news agency Reuters reported quoting officials on Wednesday, after a year of natural disasters killed thousands.

Rescue teams in Indonesia were searching for victims of a series of landslides that killed at least 15 people on New Year's Day, news agency Reuters reported quoting officials on Wednesday, after a year of natural disasters killed thousands. At least 20 people were missing after landslides during heavy rain buried 30 houses in Sukabumi regency, West Java. Authorities were forced to suspend the rescue operations on Tuesday after heavy rains. Indonesia is a disaster-prone archipelago that in 2018 suffered its deadliest year in over a decade in a series of earthquakes and tsunamis in different regions killed more than 3,000 people.

At least 15 killed in landslides in Indonesia after year of disasters

Fifteen people, including children, were killed when a truck carrying migrants crashed in the western Turkish province of Izmir on Sunday, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported.

The mangled wreckage of the open top truck lay toppled over in an irrigation canal, some 20 metres below a highway from which it apparently fell after crashing through a barrier, video and photos published by Anadolu showed.

According to the private Demiroren news agency, 18 people were killed in the accident which happened in the early hours of Sunday. It said many were also injured in the crash.

Ambulances were sent to the area after the truck veered off the road while travelling from Aydin to Izmir and toppled over, Anadolu said. There were no details on the identities of the migrants.

A CNN Turk correspondent at the scene said work was continuing to try and retrieve the dead and wounded trapped beneath the truck.

Fifteen people, including children, were killed when a truck carrying migrants crashed in the western Turkish province of Izmir on Sunday, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported.

Fifteen people, including children, were killed when a truck carrying migrants crashed in the western Turkish province of Izmir on Sunday, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. The mangled wreckage of the open top truck lay toppled over in an irrigation canal, some 20 metres below a highway from which it apparently fell after crashing through a barrier, video and photos published by Anadolu showed. According to the private Demiroren news agency, 18 people were killed in the accident which happened in the early hours of Sunday. It said many were also injured in the crash. Ambulances were sent to the area after the truck veered off the road while travelling from Aydin to Izmir and toppled over, Anadolu said. There were no details on the identities of the migrants. A CNN Turk correspondent at the scene said work was continuing to try and retrieve the dead and wounded trapped beneath the truck.

At least 15 killed as truck carrying migrants crashes in Turkey: Agencies

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