JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A predawn landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed at least eight people on Saturday and left…
A predawn landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed at least eight people on Saturday and left 82 missing as rescuers struggled through deep mud, searching for survivors.
Days of torrential rains had caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through Pasir Langu village in West Bandung district of West Java province. Mud, rocks and trees tumbled down mountainside hamlets, burying some 34 houses.
Rescuers were searching for the 82 residents feared buried under heaps of mud and debris, while 24 people managed to escape the disaster, said spokesperson Abdul Muhari of the National Disaster Management Agency.
