Homes collapsed and roads submerged as flash flood tears through Indonesia

Houses collapsed and streets were submerged as a flash flood tore through a town in Indonesia.

Footage shows a wooden home being washed away by the deluge amid heavy rain in Bone Bolango Regency on August 26.

Residents braced against powerful currents to move their motorcycle to safety as knee-deep waters gushed across roads.

The region has been battered by storms since August 25, causing rivers to burst their banks and flood nearby residential areas.

The Bone Bolango Regency government said it was distributing relief goods and sheltering flood-stricken locals at an evacuation centre.

The regional disaster management agency said they were surveying the extent of the damage caused by the floods.

Indonesia and neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia are in their annual monsoon rainy season which sees soaring temperatures followed by powerful rain storms in the afternoon leading to widespread flash floods.