BREBES - Rescuers dug for survivors after a landslide on the island of Java pummeled a village on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and destroying homes and roads, officials said.
Days of torrential rainfall sent tons of mud surging into a village near the town of Brebes, 220 kilometers east of the capital Jakarta, said Rustam Pakaya of the Health Ministry's Disaster Crisis Center.
Four bodies have been recovered until now, including that of a 6-year-old boy, he said. Police and villagers were using traditional farming tools to dig out other victims because heavy digging machinery was unable to pass blocked roads. Three houses were washed away, eight others were damaged and 200 people fled to temporary shelters, he said.
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BREBES - Rescuers dug for survivors after a landslide on the island of Java pummeled a village on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and destroying homes and roads, officials said.
Days of torrential rainfall sent tons of mud surging into a village near the town of Brebes, 220 kilometers east of the capital Jakarta, said Rustam Pakaya of the Health Ministry's Disaster Crisis Center.
