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Landslide kills 9 people in western Indonesia

Karo: Landslides triggered by torrential rain buried houses near a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia and searchers found nine bodies in the mud and water, a disaster official said on Sunday. Four of the dead

India TV News Desk Published : Dec 01, 2013 16:56 IST, Updated : Dec 01, 2013 17:28 IST


Authorities struggled to get tractors and bulldozers over washed-out roads hours after the landslides.

Hundreds of police, soldiers and residents were digging through the debris with their bare hands, shovels and hoes near a temporary shelter that houses hundreds of villagers who evacuated from the perimeter of the volcano.

Mount Sinabung has sporadically erupted since September, and its alert status was raised to the highest level last week.

Recent eruptions have been smaller, but villagers are waiting until it's safer to return home.

Seasonal downpours cause dozens of landslides and flash floods each year in Indonesia, a vast chain of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or fertile flood plains.

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