Landslides and flash floods kill not less than 16 in Indonesia – INA NEWS

Not less than 16 folks have been killed and 10 injured as a landslide struck Indonesia’s Central Java province, authorities authorities stated.

The landslide within the metropolis of Pekalongan was triggered by heavy rains, a spokesperson for the nation’s catastrophe mitigation company stated on Tuesday. Authorities are trying to find one other three lacking folks as they warned that the rain was anticipated to proceed for a number of days.

Native information outlet Kompas TV confirmed homes closely broken and partially buried by the landslide. A number of vehicles had been additionally seen submerged within the mud.

Roads had been broken with rubble and rocks strewn throughout them. The spokesperson stated two bridges had additionally been hit.

‘Time restricted’

Doni Prakoso, police chief in Pekalongan, instructed native broadcaster Metro TV, that rescue employees had been looking for not less than 5 individuals who had been nonetheless lacking.

Bergas Catursasi Penanggungan, a Central Java catastrophe company official, stated the search effort had been delayed as a consequence of problem accessing the realm.

“Volunteers are within the technique of going to the placement,” he instructed broadcaster Kompas TV. “Time is restricted because of the climate, we’re racing in opposition to the climate.”

Penanggungan stated native volunteers had joined the search alongside rescue employees, whereas heavy equipment can be known as in to assist dig for survivors “who’re buried beneath thicker soil”.

Indonesia is vulnerable to landslides in the course of the wet season, usually between November and April, however some disasters brought on by adversarial climate have taken place outdoors that season lately.

In December, 10 folks had been killed in flash floods that hit hilly villages on the nation’s most important island of Java. Within the earlier month, flash floods and landslides in North Sumatra province killed not less than 29 folks.