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2010-02-23 12:10:31 - Landslide - Indonesia EDIS CODE: LS-20100223-25042-IDN
Date & Time: 2010-02-23 12:10:31 [UTC]
Area: Indonesia, West Java, , Bandung !!! ALERT !!! Number of death person(s): 5
Missing person(s): 70
Damage level: Heavy (Level 3)
Not confirmed information! Description: Five people are dead and more than 70 remain missing after a landslide buried a village and part of a tea plantation in Indonesia's West Java, local media and officials say. The landslide struck about 8:00am (local time) after heavy rains in Bandung district, about 150 kilometres south-east of the capital Jakarta. "Five people have been found dead and 72 are missing - 47 in the field, 15 in the office and 10 at the factory," Bandung health ministry official Ahmad Kustiadi told ElShinta radio station. Disaster Management Agency spokesman Priyadi Kardono says he has no information on the number of people killed and estimates there are about 40 missing. "It had been raining very heavily since yesterday and that probably caused the landslide," he said. "We believe the landslide area could be the size of two football fields. The tea processing plant and 50 houses were also buried." He said roads to the area had been cut. "We're facing problems trying to reach them," he said. West Java police spokesman Dade Ahmad says rescue teams and sniffer dogs have been sent to the site. Landslides usually triggered by heavy rain are a major killer in Indonesia, which is currently being lashed by monsoonal downpours and widespread flooding.
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