Seven people died and 82 were missing after a landslide in the West Bandung region of Indonesia’s West Java regency, Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency spokesman Abdul Muhari said on Saturday.
A local official said the landslide struck a village in West Bandung regency.
“The number of missing persons is high, we will try to optimise our search and rescue efforts today,” Muhari said.
Indonesia’s weather agency had previously warned of extreme weather, including heavy rains in...
7 killed, 82 missing in Indonesian landslide in West Bandung, Java
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