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Indonesian authorities resumed search-and-rescue efforts for 80 radical missing aft a landslip that killed atleast 10 successful a residential country of West Java province.
The landslip aboriginal connected Saturday (January 24, 2026) was triggered by dense rains starting the time before, which the upwind bureau warned could proceed for a week successful the province and respective different regions.
Resident Dedi Kurniawan, 36, said it was the archetypal large landslip helium had witnessed successful Pasir Langu village successful a hilly country of the state astir 100 km (60 miles) southeast of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.
“Sometimes we person lone tiny floods from the nearest river, but this clip (the landslide) came from the forest,” helium told Reuters.
Rescuers were hampered connected Saturday (January 24, 2026) arsenic unstable terrain and rainfall hindered them from deploying dense machinery, Kompas TV reported, citing authorities.
There were aggregate reports of floods successful West Java, including Jakarta. The floods person caused residents successful heavy impacted areas to evacuate to higher crushed oregon unaffected places.
The landslide occurred 2 months aft cyclone-induced floods and landslides connected the land of Sumatra killed 1,200 people, destroyed homes and displaced implicit a cardinal residents.
