In the days since cyclone-induced floods and landslides battered Indonesia's Sumatra island, Abdul Ghani has been carrying around a picture of his missing wife, showing it to everyone he meets.

The 57-year-old, who makes a living selling soft drinks, has spent days trudging along the mud-laden roads of his town of Palembayan, looking everywhere for Marsoni, his wife of 25 years.

After the couple's only child passed away seven years ago, Marsoni is all that he has left. And his hopes of finding her are fading.

"Is she alive? I don't think she is," Ghani said. "But I hope they find her body, even if it's just a piece of her hand."

Abdul Ghani, 57, shows a photo of his wife Marsoni, as he searches for her on Tuesday in Palembayan, Indonesia. (Willy Kurniawan/Reuters)

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