Jakarta — Rescue workers in western Indonesia used heavy equipment on Tuesday to dig out from weekend flooding and landslides that have killed at least 20 people, the national disaster agency said. In North Sumatra, the bodies of five people listed as missing had been pulled from under a mountain of mud and debris, agency spokesman…
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki has erupted eight times, spewing a massive column of ash and prompting the government to consider permanent relocation for residents nearby. There were no immediate reports of casualties from Thursday’s eruptions, the ash plume rising 2,500 metres (8,200 feet) from its peak, but residents on the tourist island of Flores were…
Representative Image (Picture Credit: PTI) A landslide in a remote site of Western Sumatra province on Sumatra Island killed at least 15 people and left dozens missing, after heavy rainfall in the area.While talking to AFP, Provincial Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Ilham Wahab said, “The information we can provide was that a landslide occurred at…
