JAKARTA, Feb 15 (NNN-ANTARA) – Two people were reportedly killed, 14 injured and 16 remained missing, after landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains yesterday 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, where 16 people are still not found,” the unit’s coordinator, Aris Trio Effendi, was quoted as saying, today.
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.– NNN-ANTARA
