PONOROGO, Indonesia — Rescuers on Saturday searched for more than two dozen people who were missing after a rain-triggered landslide struck a village on Indonesia’s main island of Java. One body was found before the search was suspended as rain started to fall. Nugroho said the discovery of one dead victim left at least 26 villagers missing. The local army chief, Lt. Col. Slamet Sarijanto, said that according to villagers, 38 people were buried by the landslide – 22 in their houses and 16 while harvesting ginger. Disaster agency rescuers, soldiers, police officers and volunteers took part in the search for the missing, Nugroho said, adding that difficulties in accessing the disaster site hampered rescue efforts.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 01, 2017 18:11 UTC