Heavy gear was earlier deployed within the worst-hit village of Kasimpar to go looking the stays of an area official’s home and a bar the place different victims are thought to have been buried as they sought shelter from the rain.
“We are specializing in these two factors and the close by river. The victims could have been carried into the river as a result of present,” Budinono stated on Thursday.
At least 13 individuals had been additionally injured within the landslide, in response to the Basarnas search and rescue company.
Indonesia is susceptible to landslides throughout the wet season, sometimes between November and April, however there have been some disasters brought on by extreme climate exterior that season in recent times.
Climate change has additionally elevated the depth of storms, resulting in heavier rainfall, flash floods and stronger wind gusts.
In May, at the very least 67 individuals died after heavy rains precipitated flash floods in western Sumatra, pushing a combination of ash, sand and pebbles from the eruption of Mount Marapi into residential areas.
