Landslide kills 16, injures 10 more in Indonesia's Central Java
A landslide in Indonesia’s Central Java city of Pekalongan has killed 16 people and injured 10, an official at the country’s regional disaster mitigation agency and police say.
The landslide was triggered by heavy rains in the area, Bergas Catursasi told news channel Kompas TV.
The search for those missing has been hampered by rain, said Catursasi, an official at the country’s regional disaster mitigation agency.
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Torrential rains on Monday caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through nine villages in the Pekalongan regency of Central Java province, as mud, rocks and trees tumbled down mountainside hamlets, Catursasi said.
He said rescue workers are searching for nine villagers who are reportedly still missing.
Seasonal rain from about October to March frequently causes flooding and landslides in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood plains.
with AP
Originally published on Reuters
