Nearly 19 people lost their lives and two more are still missing after a landslide caused massive destruction in central Indonesia, local authorities told AFP on Sunday. Indonesia's Tana Toraja regency, South Sulawesi province has been receiving heavy rainfall and harsh weather over the past few days without any break. The dead and the two survivors were evacuated from the …
At least 19 people have been found dead and two more are missing after a landslide in central Indonesia, local authorities said on Sunday. Floods and landslides killed at least 26 people on Indonesia's Sumatra island last month The dead and two survivors were evacuated from two landslide-hit villages in Tana Toraja regency, South Sulawesi province on Saturday evening, said …
A strong and shallow earthquake has shaken Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing one person and injuring 11 others while damaging more than a dozen houses and buildings. Key points: The magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes about 40 kilometres north-east of Sibolga The pre-dawn earthquake is followed by two 5.0 magnitude aftershocks A 62-year-old man dies of a heart attack while fleeing to …
The tsunami on Sunda Strait is the second deadly tsunami in Indonesia that is already hit by an air crash, forest fires and floods Thousands of Indonesian residents on the coastal towns of Sumatra and Java were caught unawares on Saturday night as giant waves crashed into houses, sweeping away cars, uprooting trees and killing over 280 people. It also …
Authorities say the tsunami in Indonesia may have been triggered by an abnormal tidal surge due to a new moon and an underwater landslide following the eruption of Anak Krakatoa, which forms a small island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. Jakarta: At least 43 people have been killed and nearly 600 injured in a tsunami in Indonesia, …