Heavy rain causes landslide in Indonesia, killing 11 miners
22 October, 2020
Intense rains caused a landslide at a coal mine on Indonesia's Sumatra Island that killed 11 miners, authorities said on Thursday (Oct 22).
The landslide occurred on Wednesday in a mine tunnel about 20m deep at Tanjung Lalang village in Muara Enim district of South Sumatra province, according to National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Raditya Jati.
Local rescuers have recovered all of the bodies.
Seasonal rains and high tides in recent days have caused a large number of landslides and widespread flooding across a lot of Indonesia, a chain of 17,000 islands where millions of folks reside in mountainous areas or near fertile flood plains near rivers.
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said the region could see light to moderate rainfall for the next three days.
Most parts of Indonesia have entered the rainy season this October. Furthermore, the La Nina phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean can tripped intense rainfall over the islands.
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