Jakarta. The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has officially ended its search operation for victims of a landslide in Pekalongan Regency, Central Java, which occurred on Jan. 20. The disaster claimed 25 lives, all of whom have been recovered, and one person is still missing.
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The Ministry of Public Works is fast-tracking the reopening of road access and installation of Bailey bridges to address the aftermath of landslides and
Indonesian rescuers have retrieved four more bodies as they resumed their search for people missing after floods and landslides on Indonesia's main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 21.
Indonesian rescuers on Friday paused search efforts because of bad weather as the death toll from a landslide on Java island three days ago rose to at least 25 people, said a spokesperson for the local rescuers.
Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Ja
The death toll from flash floods and landslides in Pekalongan, Central Java, has risen to 19, with two more bodies found on Wednesday (Jan 22), according to Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).
JAKARTA: The Central Java administration has urged residents to remain vigilant against hydrometeorological disasters as the province will likely continue to see moderate to heavy rainfall until next month.
BMKG stated that extreme weather conditions could potentially trigger hydrometeorological disasters in Central Java Province until February.
Intense rainfall in a mountainous area near Pekalongan city sparked the landslide on Monday, collapsing bridges and burying cars and houses.
JAKARTA: Indonesian rescuers on Friday (Jan 24) paused search efforts because of bad weather as the death toll from a landslide on Java island three days ago rose to at least 25 people, said a spokesperson for the local rescuers.
National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) spokesperson Zulhawari Agustianto said rescuers had to stop work because of heavy rain and fog. He said three more people had been found before the search was suspended, raising the death toll to 25. Officials on Tuesday put the number of dead at 17.