Nine still missing in landslide<\/p>\n
SINJAI, South Sulawesi (JP): Rescue workers blamed difficult
\nterrain for their failure on Thursday to unearth the bodies of
\nnine people still missing following a landslide early Wednesday
\nin Pattiro hamlet, Bonto Salama village, West Sinjai district.<\/p>\n
In addition to two bodies pulled out of the landslide on
\nWednesday and the nine people still missing, some 100 families
\nhave been forced to evacuate the area for fear of further
\nlandslides. Seven houses, some 60 hectares of rice fields and 80
\nhectares of chocolate and candlenut plantations were also damaged
\nin the landslide.<\/p>\n
Dozens of kilometers of road were also damaged. Financial
\nlosses from the landslide are estimated at Rp 4.6 billion
\n(approximately US$686,567).<\/p>\n
Sinjai Regent H.M. Roem confirmed that nine people were still
\nmissing. They have been identified as Jamari, his wife Cece and
\ntheir children Hasir, Hasma, Canni, Keke and Sanny; and Pale, his
\nwife Nija and their ten-year-old child. Two bodies -- Jamari and
\nCece's daughter Cika and Pale and Nija's son Iwan -- were pulled
\nfrom the landslide on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Roem said some aid had been dispatched to the evacuees. \"The
\ndisaster coincided with floods in several areas of Sinjai.\"<\/p>\n
Landslides also occurred in the districts of Central Sinjai
\nand Bulupodo, cutting off the road connecting Sinjai and Manipi.
\nNo fatalities occurred in these landslides.<\/p>\n
In Sinjai mayoralty and East Sinjai district, flood waters up
\nto two meters in height damaged hundreds of hectares of
\nfishponds. Financial losses from the floods are estimated at Rp
\n3.25 billion. (27\/30)<\/p>",
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