Landslides - February 2007, Indonesia

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 19/02/2007 - 17:33. Landslide – Windstorms

Start date: 17/02/2007

End date:18/02/2007

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Indonesia

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Glide number: LS-2007-000026-IDN

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At least 13 people buried alive in two landslides in the Central Java hill town of Magelang and in the West Java regency of Sukabumi. Search operation were hampered by heavy rain and a lack of equipment. Seven bodies were pulled out of earth, and three of the 10 people buried in the landslide had yet to be recovered while 20 people were hospitalized for injuries¹.

¹ Jakarta Post. Heavy rain unleashes deadly Java landslides.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20070219.@01&ir...

Event overview table

No. Deaths	13
No. Injured
No. Affected
Houses destroyed
Houses damaged
Other damage
Economic cost

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