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300 feared dead in Java landslide
A landslide unleashed by heavy rains in Indonesia's Central Java Island on Wednesday has killed 16 people but hundreds were feared dead as rescuers called off a search for survivors amid safety concerns. A torrent of mud slammed into dozens of homes in Sijeruk village, 370 kilometres (230 miles) east of Jakarta, in the second disaster to hit Java island this week caused by monsoon rains and, activists charged, deforestation. "We suspect there are about 300 people in 120 houses buried in the mud," local chief of police operations Budi said, adding that about 150 police and soldiers were involved in rescue operations.Posted by: Fred 2006-01-05 |
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