JAKARTA: A landslide in Indonesia’s Central Java on Thursday buried a dozen houses in Cibeunying village, with at least six people killed and 17 missing.
Indonesian news agency Antara said, citing disaster official Budi Irawan, the incident in the city of Cilacap happened after prolonged heavy rains.
“We have found three more bodies, leaving only 17 more to be found. We have been working to the best of our ability,” Budi, a deputy at Indonesia’s disaster management agency, was quoted as saying.
The agency had previously found three bodies.
The Southeast Asian nation’s wet season started in September and will last until April, the weather agency says, bringing a higher risk of floods and extreme rainfall in many areas.
In January, a landslide triggered by torrential rain in another Central Java city, Pekalongan, killed at least 25 people.