At least seven killed in landslide at Indonesia gold mine

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At least seven people were killed and one reported missing after a landslide at an Indonesian gold mine, authorities said Tuesday. | AFP

“Initially, rescuers were having difficulties evacuating victims to a rescue vehicle because the terrain at the site was challenging,” Fikri said, but in the end, all survivors went to the hospital for emergency treatment.

The disaster occurred just two weeks after another landslide hit the Chinese-backed Batang Toru hydropower project in North Sumatra, killing 10 people.Fatal landslides and flash floods are common across the country during the rainy season. Last month, more than 200 people were killed in a cluster of far-eastern islands and neighboring Timor Leste as Tropical Cyclone Seroja turned small communities into wastelands of mud and uprooted trees.

Indonesia’s disaster agency estimates 125 million people — nearly half of the country’s population — live in areas at risk of landslides. The disasters are often caused by deforestation and poor mitigation planning, according to environmentalists.

 

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