US EditionDeath Toll From Indonesia Landslide Rises to 53
- A landslide struck Pasirlangu village last Saturday, burying dozens of homes as search and rescue continued into the eighth day, said Ade Dian Permana.
- Volcanic soil on steep slopes makes ground unstable, and an intense downpour saturated soils, triggering the slope collapse, experts and reports said.
- Rescue teams deployed around 3,675 personnel with tracker dogs and heavy equipment, while local media report of 64 confirmed deaths includes 49 bodies identified and handed to families and 75 people rescued.
- More than 50 houses were damaged, displacing about 650 people, and the search operation in the West Bandung region was extended until Friday .
- Such disasters are common during Indonesia's rainy season , and the government has pointed to forest loss, highlighting Sumatra island last year’s 1,200 deaths and over 240,000 displaced.
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The Indonesian authorities delivered an update during this Saturday’s day with the people who died after last week’s landslide in Pasirlangu province in West Java, Indonesia. “Ten bodies have been removed today, bringing the total to 70. It is estimated that there are ten other victims that we are still looking for,” Antara, director of Bandung’s Search and Rescue office, Ade Dian, told the Indonesian news agency Antara. The landslide occurred d…
The landslide, caused by torrential rains, buried dozens of houses in Pasirlangu, a town southeast of Jakarta, the capital of the vast Asian archipelago of more than 17,000 islands.
The record of a landslide that occurred a week ago near Bandung, on the great island of Java in Indonesia, has increased to 53 deaths...
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Death toll from Indonesia landslide rises to 53
JAKARTA: The death toll from a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java a week ago rose to 53 on Saturday (Jan 31), a rescue official said, with 10 people still missing.An intense downpour triggered
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