JAKARTA: At the very least 9 Indonesians have been reported lacking in a single day and greater than 200 have been evacuated after a landslide and flooding hit their village on Java island, an official mentioned Monday.
Cibenda village in West Java Province turned inundated simply earlier than midnight on Sunday night after hours of torrential rain when many villagers have been asleep.
“9 individuals have been reported lacking within the flood and landslide that occurred in West Bandung (district) on Sunday night time,” Abdul Muhari, spokesman of the nation’s catastrophe mitigation company, mentioned in a press release.
Two extra individuals have been injured and brought to a clinic, Muhari mentioned.
Native official Rega Wiguna advised AFP rescuers had arrived within the remoted village to seek for the lacking victims.
He mentioned round 250 locals have been evacuated to a village corridor and faculties become momentary shelters after dozens of homes have been broken.
Indonesia is vulnerable to landslides in the course of the wet season and the issue has been aggravated in some locations by deforestation, with extended torrential rain inflicting flooding in some areas of the archipelago nation.
Earlier this month, flash flooding and landslides on Sumatra island killed no less than 30 individuals with scores nonetheless lacking.
A landslide and flooding swept away dozens of homes and destroyed a lodge close to Lake Toba on Sumatra in December, killing no less than two individuals.
Cibenda village in West Java Province turned inundated simply earlier than midnight on Sunday night after hours of torrential rain when many villagers have been asleep.
“9 individuals have been reported lacking within the flood and landslide that occurred in West Bandung (district) on Sunday night time,” Abdul Muhari, spokesman of the nation’s catastrophe mitigation company, mentioned in a press release.
Two extra individuals have been injured and brought to a clinic, Muhari mentioned.
Native official Rega Wiguna advised AFP rescuers had arrived within the remoted village to seek for the lacking victims.
He mentioned round 250 locals have been evacuated to a village corridor and faculties become momentary shelters after dozens of homes have been broken.
Indonesia is vulnerable to landslides in the course of the wet season and the issue has been aggravated in some locations by deforestation, with extended torrential rain inflicting flooding in some areas of the archipelago nation.
Earlier this month, flash flooding and landslides on Sumatra island killed no less than 30 individuals with scores nonetheless lacking.
A landslide and flooding swept away dozens of homes and destroyed a lodge close to Lake Toba on Sumatra in December, killing no less than two individuals.