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FIVE KILLED, 9 MISSING, 40 HOUSES DESTROYED IN CIANJUR LANDSLIDES
Jakarta, Nov. 15 (ANTARA) - Five residents were killed, nine others went missing, and some 40 houses were buried by landslides in Cianjur late Thursday, according to a health ministry official here on Saturday.
"Forty houses were buried by landslides in Cianjur on Thursday evening, five dead bodies were evacuated, and nine other residents are still trapped (under the landslide mud)," Rustam S Pakaya, head of the ministry's Crisis Mitigation Center, said.
The landslides occurred in six locations in Girimukti village, Cempaka sub district, and Cibokor village, Cibeber sub district.
Two residents suffered bone fractures and two others were slightly injured, and rushed to Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, West Java, he said.
The landslides forced 351 people to evacuate themselves to a village office.
"We have provided medicines, 50 body bags, and Rp25 million in cash to help the landslide victims," Pakaya said.
In Girimukti village, most of the houses were destroyed by a landslide and only few were still standing.
The nine missing persons believed to be buried by the landslide were expected to be searched for and evacuated on Saturday.
Indonesia is currently at the beginning of the rainy season but already floods have happened in some parts of the country, including in Jakarta.
"Forty houses were buried by landslides in Cianjur on Thursday evening, five dead bodies were evacuated, and nine other residents are still trapped (under the landslide mud)," Rustam S Pakaya, head of the ministry's Crisis Mitigation Center, said.
The landslides occurred in six locations in Girimukti village, Cempaka sub district, and Cibokor village, Cibeber sub district.
Two residents suffered bone fractures and two others were slightly injured, and rushed to Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, West Java, he said.
The landslides forced 351 people to evacuate themselves to a village office.
"We have provided medicines, 50 body bags, and Rp25 million in cash to help the landslide victims," Pakaya said.
In Girimukti village, most of the houses were destroyed by a landslide and only few were still standing.
The nine missing persons believed to be buried by the landslide were expected to be searched for and evacuated on Saturday.
Indonesia is currently at the beginning of the rainy season but already floods have happened in some parts of the country, including in Jakarta.
