2 dead, dozens missing in Java landslide

Twenty-six people are missing in Indonesia’s East Java following a landslide, with rescue efforts being hampered by heavy rain and difficult conditions.

Indonesia’s National Disaster Management (BNPB) said on Monday that the death toll from Saturday’s “thunderous” landslide in a village in the Ponorogo area of East Java had risen to two, with 26 still missing.

Three hundred people have been displaced by the 1.5 kilometre stretch of mud and debris, with more than 20 houses inundated.

Heavy rain at the site of the landslide is disturbing efforts to search for the missing, with conditions also proving difficult.

Source: 2 dead, dozens missing in Java landslide | Perth Now