Landslide Smashes Indonesian Village, Dozens Feared Dead

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Landslides triggered by heavy rains swept down on a village on Indonesia's Java island at dawn Wednesday, burying homes beneath tons of mud and leaving dozens of people missing and feared dead, officials said.

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That story above was reported on Jan. 3


On Jan 2, this was reported:
Flash Floods Kill 34 in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Flash floods swept away hundreds houses and schools in central Indonesia early Monday, killing at least 34 people, a government official said.

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On Jan 1, this was reported:

Earthquake Rattles Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A moderate earthquake rattled Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh province Sunday, an Indonesian meteorological official said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

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Seems like there are a lot of natural disasters everywhere!

Earthquakes, flooding, mudslides, avalanches, hurricanes, fires. I guess it's normal, it just seems to be too much.

Indonesia is really getting hit; and hard! What a horrible beginning of the New Year for Indonesians!

Praying things start looking up for them!

On Jan 4, this was reported:

Another Indonesia Landslide Buries Village

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Landslides triggered by heavy rains swept down on a village on Indonesia's Java island Wednesday, burying homes beneath tons of mud and leaving dozens of people missing and feared dead, officials said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060104/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_landslide

Weather-related death toll hits 170 in Indonesian landslide
CIJERUK, Indonesia More than 170 people are reported dead or missing from heavy rains this week in Indonesia, many of them buried in a village landslide this morning.

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Hope fades in landslide search

INDONESIAN rescuers today unearthed more bodies buried in a landslide that levelled a village in Central Java, but warned they were unlikely to find any survivors among the scores still missing.

Five bodies were exhumed early today and an injured victim died in hospital late yesterday, bringing the death toll at 42, but authorities said up to 200 people could have been killed on Wednesday in the hillside village of Sijeruk.


"Chances of finding anyone alive are slim," Umar Yulianto, a local government official involved with the rescue effort, told AFP by telephone. Search co-ordinator Arif Sudaryanto said about 160 people were still under the mud and rocks, putting the estimated death toll at about 200. Other local officials put the estimated toll at about 140.

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