Indonesia rescuers await reinforcements in hunt for landslide survivors

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JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescuers on a remote Indonesia island searched for signs of life on Tuesday (March 7) after a landslide that killed 15 people, awaiting equipment and reinforcements to boost efforts to find 42 people still missing, the disaster agency said. The landslide on Monday followed six days of torrential rain and buried houses on a village on the...

A view of a damaged house that was affected by a landslide in Natuna, Riau islands province, Indonesia on March 6, 2023.JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescuers on a remote Indonesia island searched for signs of life on Tuesday after a landslide that killed 15 people, awaiting equipment and reinforcements to boost efforts to find 42 people still missing, the disaster agency said.

Disaster agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said the landslide was estimated to have been 100 to 200 metres long and there were just 42 people involved in a rescue mission complicated by the remote location. "The number of fatalities might change at anytime. Of 15 fatalities, 10 bodies had been retrieved," Abdul said by phone, adding 1,216 residents had been moved to temporary shelters in mosques and community health centres.

 

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