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Indonesian rescuers struggle with mud and debris in search for dozens missing after deadly landslide
Rescue teams face unstable terrain and mud up to 5 meters high while searching for 79 missing in West Java after heavy rains triggered the landslide.
- On January 25, 2026, rescuers resumed searching for around 80 people missing after a landslide that buried 34 houses in Pasir Langu village, West Bandung, West Java province, and retrieved two more bodies, raising the death toll to 11.
- The landslip was triggered by heavy rain that began the day before, and the weather agency warned downpours could continue for a week while environmentalists and experts blamed forest loss and land conversion for increased flood and landslide risk in Indonesia.
- Rescuers have been excavating mostly by hand amid soft, unstable ground, with heavy equipment idle and military, police, volunteers, drones and K9 teams aiding; Permana said, `If the slope does not stabilize; crews are prepared to continue manually`.
- About 230 evacuated residents moved to temporary government shelters as local government units placed the area under emergency alert, while Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka pledged preventive measures on Sunday.
- Seasonal rains from October to April make flooding and landslides common across Indonesia's archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, following storms that killed around 1,200 in Sumatra and this month’s floods on Siau island.
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mykxlg.comRescuers recover more bodies from landslide in Indonesia, with 72 still missing
Improved weather has helped rescuers in Java, Indonesia, recover more bodies after a landslide killed over two dozen villagers. The landslide on Saturday buried 34 houses in Pasir Langu village. Seventy-two people remain missing, feared buried under mud and debris.…
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