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West Java Landslide Death Toll Rises to 53, 10 Missing

Rescuers will keep searching through Friday with improving weather aiding access.

Overview

  • Ade Dian Permana of the local search and rescue agency said 53 bodies have been recovered and identified, with at least 10 people unaccounted for.
  • The search in West Bandung has been extended until Friday, drawing thousands of personnel from Basarnas, the military, police and volunteer groups.
  • An intense downpour triggered the landslide in Pasirlangu village, damaging more than 50 homes and displacing roughly 650 people.
  • The Indonesian navy reported that 23 personnel training in the area were among those caught in the slide.
  • Officials have cited forest loss and conversion of slopes to farmland as factors that worsened the risk during the rainy season.