US EditionDeath toll from Indonesia landslide rises to 53
Heavy rains triggered the landslide that killed 53 and displaced hundreds in Pasir Langu village, with 10 people still missing as rescue efforts continue, officials said.
- Ade Dian Permana, the local search and rescue chief, said rescuers had recovered and identified 53 bodies by Saturday from Pasirlangu village, West Bandung regency, Indonesia.
- Heavy rains saturated slopes on steep volcanic soils, while forest loss and clearing for plantations reduced root stability, increasing landslide risk.
- At least 800 rescuers and nine excavators were deployed, while nearly 700 residents were evacuated and more than 50 houses damaged, displacing over 650 people.
- The emergency response period was extended until Feb. 6 as at least 10 people remain missing and the Indonesian navy confirmed 23 personnel were caught in the landslip.
- Such disasters recur during the rainy season, with last year’s Sumatra floods killing around 1,200 and displacing more than 240,000, while Basarnas faced a parliamentary funding cut, officials said.
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The Indonesian authorities delivered an update during this Saturday’s day with the people who died after last week’s landslide in Pasirlangu province in West Java, Indonesia. “Ten bodies have been removed today, bringing the total to 70. It is estimated that there are ten other victims that we are still looking for,” Antara, director of Bandung’s Search and Rescue office, Ade Dian, told the Indonesian news agency Antara. The landslide occurred d…
The landslide, caused by torrential rains, buried dozens of houses in Pasirlangu, a town southeast of Jakarta, the capital of the vast Asian archipelago of more than 17,000 islands.
The record of a landslide that occurred a week ago near Bandung, on the great island of Java in Indonesia, has increased to 53 deaths...
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