In Indonesia, at least two people have died and another 21 people are missing due to landslides, said a local representative on Friday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
- Landslides hit three villages in Cilacap district on Thursday evening.
- The work is complicated by the unstable terrain, heavy equipment was deployed.
- The Meteorological Agency warned of extreme weather and hydrometeorological disasters.
- In Indonesia, landslides caused two deaths.
- Rescuers found 23 people.
Landslides that damaged or collapsed houses occurred late Thursday evening in three villages of Cilacap district. “As of Friday morning, 23 people have been rescued. Two people have been found dead and 21 others are still being sought,” a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Authority said in a statement. According to his words unstable terrain made search and rescue work difficult, therefore, heavy machinery was deployed.
The Meteorological Agency issued an extreme weather warning at the beginning of the week. She drew attention to impending hydrometeorological disasters and heavy rains in some regions of Indonesia.
Rainy monsoon season in Indonesia usually lasts from November to April and often brings landslides, flash floods and water-borne diseases. The storm season is longer and more intense due to climate change. In early November, flash floods and landslides hit a remote area of Papua they claimed at least 15 lives and another eight are missing.
