Indonesian Flores Island landslide… “63 residents were buried and killed”

Local media reported that a landslide occurred in the eastern part of Flores Island in Indonesia’s Sosunda Islands early in the morning of the 4th, causing dozens of residents to be buried and killed.

On this day, at 2 am, a landslide occurred along with heavy rain in the village of Neelamadike in Dongnusa and Gara East Flores County.

Agustinus Bolly, deputy head of the East Flores Army, said, “63 residents have been buried and killed in a landslide, and 23 bodies have been recovered so far,” Compass TV and others reported.

The head of the village said, “Due to a landslide, dozens of houses were buried. People were sleeping inside the house.”

Not only the village where the landslide occurred, but also the neighboring villages were flooded due to heavy rain, so accurate casualties are not being counted.

Meanwhile, at 4:45 pm the previous day, a fishing boat carrying 32 people in the offshore of Indramayu, Western Java, collided with a 30,000 ton-class bulk carrier. Both ships are Indonesian nationals.

All of the crew on the fishing boat fell into the sea as the boat turned over.

Fifteen of the sailors were rescued and saved, but only two bodies were recovered after 17 disappeared.

No casualties occurred on the bulk carrier. The ship was said to have had an accident while sailing with crude oil on the island of Borneo while the propeller was stuck in a fishing net.

An official from the search team said, “We are continuing to search from the collision point to the surrounding sea area by increasing the number of diving personnel.”

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