JAKARTA, Feb 15, 2021 (BSS/XINHUA) – Two people were reportedly dead, 14
injured and 16 remained missing after landslides and floods triggered by
heavy rains on Sunday hit Indonesia’s East Java province.
According to the emergency response unit at the Nganjuk Social Affairs
Agency, rescuers retrieved two bodies and rescued two people in Nganjuk
district.
“Heavy lifting equipment is currently on its way to the location. And 16
people are still not found,” the unit’s coordinator Aris Trio Effendi was
quoted by state news agency Antara as saying on Monday.
Effendi said the area with many residential houses is prone to landslides.
At least 13 houses have been damaged.
According to him, at least 160 people have been evacuated.
Indonesia is frequently stricken by landslides and flash floods during the
rainy season.