On Sunday over 19 people lost their lives and two more are still missing after a landslide caused massive destruction in central Indonesia.
Indonesia’s Tana Toraja regency, South Sulawesi province has been receiving rainfall and harsh weather over the past few days without any break.
As a result, the area was susceptible to landslides. The dead and the two survivors were evacuated from the two villages in Tana Toraja regency, South Sulawesi province on Saturday evening, said local disaster agency head Sulaiman Malia.
‘There have been 19 fatalities, with 4 deaths in South Makale and 15 others in Makale villages’ said Malia.
‘Currently, we are still searching for other victims’, he said. Malia further said that there are still two individuals reported missing, buried under the landslide debris. Tana Toraja and its surrounding areas have been continuously hit by heavy rainfall, especially over the past week.
Due to heavy rainfall, localities on the mountain slopes area are prone to incidents of landslides. Prevalent rainy weather in central Indonesia over the past few days led to landslides that buried residents’ homes.
Indonesia is prone to landslides during the rainy season and the problem has been aggravated in some places by deforestation, with torrential rain causing flooding in some areas of the archipelago nation.
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