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Landslides kill 12 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, 18 missing
Published on: Monday, July 08, 2024
Published on: Mon, Jul 08, 2024
By: Reuters
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Landslides kill 12 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, 18 missing
This handout picture taken and released by the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Bone Bolango Regency on July 7, 2024, shows erosion from floods threatening residential buildings following heavy rain in Bone Bolango regency, Gorontalo province. Indonesia is in the dry season but torrential rains battered some regions in the past view days, causing flooding in some areas including a landslide that struck a traditional gold mine in Bone Bolango regency where five were killed and 26 others reported missing.
JAKARTA: At least 12 people died and 18 are missing after a torrential rain caused a landslide in an illegal gold mine over the weekend in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, officials said on Monday.

The landslide on Sunday morning in Sumawa district, Gorontalo province, killed miners and residents living near the illegal mine, said Heriyanto, head of the local rescue agency (Basarnas).

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Five survivors had been evacuated, he said, adding that a rescue team was searching for 18 missing people on Monday.

“We have deployed 164 personnel, consisting of the national rescue team, police and military personnel, to search for the missing people,“ Heriyanto said.

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However, rescuers must walk about 20 kms (12.43 miles) to reach the landslide site and were being hampered by thick mud over the road and continuing rain in the area, Heriyanto said.

“We will try to use an excavator once it’s possible,“ he said.

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Photos of the affected village shared by the agency showed some houses were flattened by the landslide.

Indonesia’s disaster agency (BNPB) said the landslide has damaged several houses and one bridge.

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BNPB also warned residents that rain is still expected in some areas in Gorontalo province on Monday and Tuesday and urge people to be alert in case there’s a further disaster.

A landslide in South Sulawesi killed at least 18 people in South Sulawesi in April, caused by high-intensity rains.

Torrential rain which triggered flash floods and mud slides killed more than 50 people in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province in May.
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