Deadly landslide hits Indonesia
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A landslide destroyed a village in Indonesia, killing at least 11 people, an official said on Saturday, as rescuers used their bare hands to search through the rain and mud for 108 missing people.
Hundreds have been evacuated from around Jemblung in Banjarnegara, central Java, about 450 km (280 miles) from the capital, Jakarta, where media pictures showed a flood of mud and water cascading down a wooded mountainside. The landslide hit on Friday night.
Landslides and mudslides are common in Indonesia during the monsoon season, which usually runs from October until April.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, said 11 people had been killed and 379 people from the surrounding areas had been taken to temporary shelters.
"Jemblung village was the most affected," he said in a statement. "Rescuers are still trying to find mor
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A landslide destroyed a village in Indonesia, killing at least 11 people, an official said on Saturday, as rescuers used their bare hands to search through the rain and mud for 108 missing people.
Hundreds have been evacuated from around Jemblung in Banjarnegara, central Java, about 450 km (280 miles) from the capital, Jakarta, where media pictures showed a flood of mud and water cascading down a wooded mountainside. The landslide hit on Friday night.
Landslides and mudslides are common in Indonesia during the monsoon season, which usually runs from October until April.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, said 11 people had been killed and 379 people from the surrounding areas had been taken to temporary shelters.
"Jemblung village was the most affected," he said in a statement. "Rescuers are still trying to find mor
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