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Search for 32 People Missing in Indonesia Landslide Hampered by Rain as Death Toll Rises to 34
Heavy rains caused a landslide in Pasirlangu village, killing 34 and displacing over 650 people as search efforts continue amid fears of more missing, officials said.
- The death toll rose to 34, and officials said rain impeded recovery work on Jan 28, 2026, hampering search operations on the morning of Jan 28, the national disaster mitigation agency said.
- Heavy rain triggered a slope collapse on Jan 24, flattening homes in West Java; it severely damaged more than 50 houses and displaced over 650 people in Pasir Langu village, Bandung Barat region, about 100km south‑east of Jakarta.
- At least 800 rescuers, military and police personnel plus nine excavators have been deployed to search the unstable area, with 32 people missing and Abdul Muhari saying `The identified bodies will be handed over to the victims' families for burial`.
- Authorities are treading carefully for fear of another landslide as rain continues, delaying some operations while nearly 700 evacuated residents shelter in local government buildings.
- West Java governor Dedi Mulyadi blamed sprawling plantations around Pasir Langu and pointed to forest loss after last year's Sumatra disasters that killed around 1,200 and displaced more than 240,000.
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Search for 32 people missing in Indonesia landslide hampered by rain as death toll rises to 34
Search operations for the 32 people still missing after a landslide in Indonesia's West Java were hampered by rain on Wednesday morning, the country's disaster mitigation agency said, as it raised the death toll to 34.
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More than 30 people are still missing according to the police. On Friday a slope slipped on the main island Java and buried a village under tons of mud
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