Flooding in Parts of Java, Sumatra
Floods and landslides have hit several regions in Indonesia as a higher intensity of rain falls across the archipelago. At least six floods and landslides have occurred in North Sumatra, West Sumatra and West Java in the past week.
Residents work hand in hand to clean up a part of a road that was destroyed by a landslide in Nagari Kumanis, Sijunjung regency, West Sumatra, on Monday, Oct. 5. The landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall over the last several days.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Floods and landslides have hit several regions in Indonesia as a higher intensity of rain falls across the archipelago. At least six floods and landslides have occurred in North Sumatra, West Sumatra and West Java in the past week.
A landslide in Sintuk village, Pariaman, West Sumatra, on Friday (9/11/2018), claimed the life of Sawitri, 23. She was buried under a 20-meter-high landslide in her backyard.