12 dead in Indonesian landslide

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12 dead in Indonesian landslide
(UPDATED) Heavy rain causes a cliff to collapse and hit a village in west Java, Indonesia's main island killing 12 and burying 11 houses

JAKARTA, Indonesia – (UPDATED) Twelve people were killed and 11 houses buried after a landslide triggered by heavy rain hit Indonesia’s main island of Java, an official said Sunday, March 29.

The landslide took place in Tegal Panjang village in Sukabumi district in west Java late Saturday after a particularly heavy downpour, according to national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

“We found 12 bodies,” he said in an update, revising the earlier death toll of 10 and two missing.

He said the landslide had taken place suddenly during a heavy rain, causing a cliff to collapse and hit the village. Eleven houses were buried under the debris.

Landslides triggered by heavy rains and floods are common in tropical Indonesia during the rainy season.

The national disaster agency estimates around half the country’s 250 million population lives in areas prone to landslides.

The vast Indonesian archipelago is one of the most natural disaster-prone nations on Earth, and is also frequently hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. – Rappler.com

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