JAKARTA: A landslide triggered by heavy rain on Indonesia’s foremost island Java has killed no less than 17 folks and 9 others are lacking, catastrophe officers mentioned on Tuesday (Jan 21).
Heavy rainfall in a mountainous space close to town of Pekalongan in Central Java province triggered the landslide on Monday, collapsing no less than one bridge and burying homes and automobiles in thick mud.
“The joint staff evacuated one other sufferer buried by the landslide. With the invention… the dying toll has reached 17,” National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Abdul Muhari mentioned in a press release.
“Meanwhile the variety of lacking folks has risen to 9,” he mentioned. Previously the variety of lacking had been set at three.
Muhari mentioned earlier that the landslide had “buried two homes and dragged a number of automobiles passing via the realm”, and the landslide’s distant location hampered rescue groups.
Pekalongan police chief Doni Prakoso Widamanto informed native broadcaster Metro TV that no less than 10 folks have been injured, whereas rescuers continued to seek for the lacking.
“As for the injured victims, 10 have been transferred to hospitals and the closest group well being middle.”
He mentioned the landslide hit an space about 90 kilometers west of Semarang metropolis on Monday afternoon.
“The rainfall in Pekalongan was fairly heavy and essentially the most affected space… is the hilly or mountainous space,” Doni mentioned.
Television footage confirmed volunteers recovering a physique on a makeshift stretcher and streets lined in thick mud.
Muhari mentioned the climate forecast for the subsequent three days exhibits potential average rainfall which might “trigger flooding, flash flooding and landslides”.
