23 missing, at least 16 dead in Indonesia landslides

At least 16 people were killed and over 25 others injured in the landslides that were triggered by heavy rain on Sunday in Cihanjuang, a village in West Java’s Sumedang district. Some of the victims were rescuers from the first landslide.

Jakarta:Rescuers are searching for 23 people still missing after two landslides hit a village in Indonesia’s West Java province over the weekend, officials said on Tuesday.

The search and rescue operation has been hampered by rainy weather around the disaster site, said National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati.

Seasonal rains and high tides in recent days have caused dozens of landslides and widespread flooding across much of Indonesia, a chain of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood plains close to rivers.

AP

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