Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
A lot of rain and floods in Indonesia these days. If you do a search on "banjir" (= flood) you'll find many articles.
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Landslide kills at least 10 in eastern Indonesia
Jakarta - At least 10 people were killed and several others injured in a landslide that buried more than two dozen people in the eastern Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi on Tuesday, state media said.
The torrent of mud and rocks slammed into barracks at a palm oil plantation in the village Bungini, located in the district of Morowali, on Tuesday afternoon as more than 30 workers were resting inside, the state-run Antara news agency reported.
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Landslides are frequent in Indonesia, where years of deforestation have left hillsides vulnerable to collapse.
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Landslide kills at least 10 in eastern Indonesia
Jakarta - At least 10 people were killed and several others injured in a landslide that buried more than two dozen people in the eastern Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi on Tuesday, state media said.
The torrent of mud and rocks slammed into barracks at a palm oil plantation in the village Bungini, located in the district of Morowali, on Tuesday afternoon as more than 30 workers were resting inside, the state-run Antara news agency reported.
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Landslides are frequent in Indonesia, where years of deforestation have left hillsides vulnerable to collapse.
Read more