Jakarta:
At least 11 individuals had been killed, such as a six-year-old boy, and scores more had been missing immediately after deadly landslides hit Indonesia’s West Java province, authorities stated Sunday.
Torrential rains triggered the disaster on Saturday evening in the town of Sumedang, exactly where a second landslide buried residents and a rescue group that had been browsing for the initial victims, stated Bandung rescue agency spokeswoman Seni Wulandari.
“We’re still documenting how many are missing after the second landslide because there were many people who joined the original rescue effort,” she stated.
At least 1 survivor was seriously injured, even though 11 individuals had been confirmed dead, Wulandari stated.
Fatal landslides and flash floods are popular across the Indonesian archipelago, exactly where seasonal downpours are frequent and relentless.
In September final year, at least 11 individuals had been killed in landslides on Borneo island even though a couple of months earlier, landslides in Sulawesi killed dozens.
Indonesia’s disaster agency has estimated that 125 million Indonesians — practically half the country’s population — live in regions at danger of landslides.
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