Over 2,000 flee homes after landslide in Indonesia
18/11/2008 17:54
Nearly 2,000 villagers escaped dangerous areas after landslide and floods
in West Java of Indonesia at weekend that killed 15 people, local disaster
management agency said today.
The survivors had taken shelters in places far
from hills, for fears of others landslides, as the soil in the higher areas was
vulnerable from sliding down, said Barnas Hajidin, an official of the
agency.
The disaster already devastated 284 houses, 3 school buildings and
one bridge, in Campaka and Cibeber districts of Cianjur regency of the
province.
All relief aids had already arrived to the districts and was
sufficient, he said.
Indonesia has been frequent hit by landslide and floods
in heavy rain season.
Xinhua
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