US EditionIndonesian rescuers struggle with mud and debris in search for dozens missing after deadly landslide
Rescuers continue manual efforts to find 79 missing in West Java landslide; heavy rain and unstable terrain hamper recovery, officials said.
- 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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Indonesian rescuers recover bodies after Java landslide, 72 still missing
Improved weather on Sunday helped rescuers on Indonesia’s main island of Java recover more bodies as they dug through mud and debris in search of scores of missing in a landslide that killed more than two dozen villagers. The predawn landslide on the slopes of Mount Burangrang in West Java province on Saturday buried some 34 houses in Pasir Langu village. On Sunday, 72 people remained missing, many feared buried under tons of mud, rocks and upro…
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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.…
Vice President Gibran also reminded local governments to ensure that aid reaches the right targets.
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