Landslides in Indonesia's Java island leaves 2 dead and 21 missing

A landslide triggered by torrential rains successful Indonesia’s Java land has killed 2 people, officials say

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Landslides triggered by torrential rains successful Indonesia ’s Java land killed 2 radical and near 21 others missing, officials said Friday. Rescuers are inactive searching for the 21 reported missing.

Several days of dense rainfall successful the portion caused the landslides that deed dozens of houses successful 3 villages successful Indonesia’s Central Java state connected Thursday evening, officials said successful a statement.

“The unstable crushed conditions posed a situation for the hunt and rescue squad successful searching for victims during the aureate hour. Nevertheless, the associated squad continued their hunt and rescue efforts connected Friday morning,” said National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari successful the statement.

He added that dense instrumentality was deployed to velocity up the operation.

Footage released by the National Search and Rescue Agency showed rescuers searching for victims buried nether the rubble of the houses.

Rescuers are utilizing dense equipment, extraction tools and manual tools to scope hard areas.

Heavy seasonal rainfall from astir October to March often causes flooding and landslides successful Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands wherever millions of radical unrecorded successful mountainous areas oregon adjacent fertile floodplains.

In January, much than 20 residents were killed aft being swept distant successful floods and landslides aft torrential rains successful Central Java province.

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