JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least 32 people were killed by a landslide in Indonesia on New Year’s Eve, authorities said Monday as they ended a week-long search for missing victims. Rescuers who have been pulling bodies from mountains of mud called off the search with one person still unaccounted for after heavy rains triggered the deadly slides in West Java province. Several others were injured in the December 31 disaster. “The search has wrapped […]
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Indonesia landslide kills 7, leaves 108 persons missing
A landslide in Indonesia killed at least seven people, destroyed 105 houses and left 108 people missing, an official said on Saturday (December 13). Hundreds have been evacuated from the site in Banjarnegara, in central Java, where media pictures showed a flood of mud and water cascading down a wooded mountain side. The landslide hit on Friday (December 12) night. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, said 379 people had been taken to temporary shelters. […]





