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4 killed, over 200 displaced as floods, landslides hit Indonesia’s East
Java
JAKARTA, Dec. 9, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Four people were killed and as many as
236 villagers were forced to flee home as landslides and floods struck East
Java province of western Indonesia, disaster agency official said on Sunday.
The landslides occurred after soils of a hill slid down and hit a house,
where the four were staying, situated in Sidomulyo village of Kebonagung sub-
district in Pacitan district, said Rahmat Salasa, official of the disaster
management and mitigation agency in Pacitan district.
“All the fours, most of them elderly, were dead,” he told Xinhua over phone
from Pacitan district.
All the corpses have been evacuated, he added.
Heavy downpours have triggered floods in Kebonagung district with the
height of up to 50 centimeters, forcing over 200 local villagers to evacuate
from home to safer grounds, said Rahmat.
Indonesia has been frequently hit by landslides, floods and flash floods
when heavy rains pour down.
BSS/XINHUA/GMR/1318 hrs