Overview
- Heavy rain triggered landslides on Thursday evening that struck three villages in Cilacap Regency, burying dozens of houses.
- Officials updated the toll on Saturday to 11 confirmed dead with 12 people still unaccounted for, replacing Friday’s initial figures.
- More than 700 personnel from search and rescue, the military, police and volunteers are deployed with excavators and tracking dogs.
- Debris is estimated at 3 to 8 meters deep in places, creating highly unstable conditions that complicate recovery efforts.
- Indonesia’s weather agency has issued extreme-rain alerts during the monsoon season, heightening concerns about additional landslides.