Landslides leave 16 dead, 17 missing in western Indonesia
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Indonesian soldiers evacuate a dead body, the victim of a recent landslide that hit Nagari Sungai Batang village in Agam on Jan 27, 2013. Two separate landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Indonesia have killed at least nine people, including four geothermal workers, and left 17 others missing, officials said on Sunday. --PHOTO: AFP
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An Indonesian search and rescue team along with villagers search for victims of a recent landslide that hit Nagari Sungai Batang village in Agam on Jan 27, 2013. Two landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 11 people and left 19 others missing on Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said. --PHOTO: AFP
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Anto, a victim of a recent landslide in Agam district receives a medical treatment at a hospital in Padang on Jan 27, 2013. Two separate landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Indonesia have killed at least nine people, including four geothermal workers, and left 17 others missing, officials said on Sunday. -- PHOTO: AFP
Indonesian soldiers evacuate a dead body, the victim of a recent landslide that hit Nagari Sungai Batang village in Agam on Jan 27, 2013. Two separate landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Indonesia have killed at least nine people, including four geothermal workers, and left 17 others missing, officials said on Sunday. --PHOTO: AFP
An Indonesian search and rescue team along with villagers search for victims of a recent landslide that hit Nagari Sungai Batang village in Agam on Jan 27, 2013. Two landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 11 people and left 19 others missing on Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said. --PHOTO: AFP
Anto, a victim of a recent landslide in Agam district receives a medical treatment at a hospital in Padang on Jan 27, 2013. Two separate landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Indonesia have killed at least nine people, including four geothermal workers, and left 17 others missing, officials said on Sunday. -- PHOTO: AFP
JAKARTA (AP) - Two separate landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Indonesia have killed at least 16 people, including four geothermal workers, and left 17 others missing, officials said on Sunday.
Disaster official Ade Edward said 20 houses were buried by mud and rocks that fell from surrounding hills at dawn Sunday in Tanjung Sani village in West Sumatra province's Agam district.
Rescuers recovered five bodies and were searching for 17 people who reportedly were buried under the mud, he said.
Three injured villagers were being treated at a hospital.
