JAKARTA: Rescuers recovered more bodies buried under tons of mud from a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s remote Natuna islands, bringing the death toll to 21, officials said on Thu
that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s remote Natuna islands, bringing the death toll to 21, officials said on Thursday .
Authorities have deployed more than 200 rescuers from the search and rescue agency, police and military to search for 33 people stillwho were apparently trapped in houses that were buried under the landslide, which was 4m deep, it said. The search and rescue operation has been hampered by heavy rains around the disaster site. Weather has forced the search effort to be halted several times, while downed communications lines and electricity are also impeding the operation, said Suharyanto who, like many Indonesians, uses a single name.
Two helicopters and several vessels carrying rescuers, medical teams and relief supplies, including tents, blankets and food arrived on the island from Jakarta and nearby islands on Wednesday.
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