JAKARTA– Rescuers have recovered five bodies from the landslides that hit a village in Indonesia’s province of North Sumatra, days ago, a statement from the local disaster mitigation agency said yesterday.
The landslides, triggered by heavy rains, also injured four people and damaged seven houses in Laubawang village, in the province’s Karo district on Thursday night, the Karo regional disaster mitigation agency said, in the statement.
The statement said, the injured are now receiving treatment at a local hospital, and the bodies of the five victims have been turned over to their families.
Floods and landslides frequently occur in the country after heavy rains.
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK