Roundup: Floods, landslides hit Indonesia ahead of year-end holidays

JAKARTA, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Floods and landslides have been hitting several regions in the Southeast Asian archipelago in the past week, as millions of travelers began to hit the road and flock to popular tourist sites for the Christmas and New Year holidays.

More than 55,000 residents living in the region of Barru in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi have been affected by floods reaching a depth of up