Another disaster in Indonesia! Landslide in West Java has killed 15 people and 25 people are missing
According to foreign media reports, Indonesia is plagued by disasters. A huge landslide in West Java has caused at least 15 deaths. As of the 1st, at least 25 people are still missing.
Indonesian National Disaster Reduction Agency spokesperson Sutopo said on the 1st that the heavy rain caused a landslide in a mountainous area in Sukambumi on the evening of December 31, 2018. As the scene is still dangerous, the authorities have sent about 60 people out of the disaster area.
Sutopo said that with continuous heavy rains, power outages and rugged mountain roads, the delivery of relief supplies and search and rescue of heavy machinery into the disaster area have faced numerous obstacles. The narrow roads trapped rescue teams, rescue supplies and ambulances.
In addition, as many people flocked to the disaster area after hearing the news, the roads became more difficult to navigate, and rescue work was also blocked.
It is reported that from November to April of each year is the rainy season in Indonesia, and it is also a period of high incidence of landslides and floods.
Indonesia has suffered one after another in the past six months. In July and August 2018, Lombok suffered a series of strong earthquakes, resulting in more than 500 deaths; at the end of September, a strong earthquake occurred in Central Sulawesi Province and caused a tsunami that caused more than 2,000 deaths; just on December 22 On Sunday, a volcano erupted in the Sunda Strait and a large mountain body suddenly collapsed, causing a tsunami to hit the coasts of western Java and southern Sumatra, causing more than 400 deaths, more than 7,000 deaths, and 40,000 homeless.