rescue teams Indonesia Call 42 people missing after landslide this Tuesday Caused by heavy rains that devastated Serasan, a small and remote island in the west of the country, on Monday. at least 10 reasons deadby emergency services.
In the past few hours, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB, short for Indonesian) said in a statement. 8 people were rescued – reducing the number of casualties from 50 the day before to 42 today – four of them are seriously injured and four are in critical condition. Likewise, a total of 1,216 people have been evacuated from the affected areas, while rescue efforts have been hampered by bad weather conditions on this island in the Riau archipelago, due to the ongoing rain for about a week and logistical problems. Photos shared by BNPB show uprooted trees at the site of the landslide and the roofs of houses submerged in mud.
Floods and landslides are effective in the rainy season, which reaches its peak between December and February every year in Indonesia.