Indonesia landslides toll rises to 16

who died in the landslide in Agam district of West Sumatra, bringing the total dead body to 11. Six got serious injury, and nine were still underneath the debris, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the national disaster management and mitigation agency told Xinhua by phone.

While five workers of PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy, part of the country’s state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina were killed and two others suffered from serious injury in the compound of mine in Kerinci district of Jambi yesterday, according to Sutopo.

Heavy downpour was attributed to cause the disasters that hit Jorong Kp. Dadok Nagari Tanjung Raya of Agam district at 0645 Jakarta time and compound of mine in Kerinci district at 1405 Jakarta time, Sutopo said earlier. — Xinhua.

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