Six killed in landslide, 3 missing<\/p>\n
Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung<\/p>\n
Six people were killed after a landslide swept away eight houses
\nlocated on the slope of a deforested hill, Patrol, in Wangonjaya
\nvillage, Cikalong Wetan regency, near Bandung, late on Monday.<\/p>\n
Rescue workers and local residents are still searching for
\nthree people missing in the disaster, which took place during
\nheavy rain.<\/p>\n
The rescuers recovered on Tuesday the bodies of Yuni, Asep,
\nRiri and Ulfa -- all were children between two and five years
\nold, while the body of Maman, Ulfa's father, was found drifting
\nin a river some 10 kilometers away from the village.<\/p>\n
Another resident, 67-year-old Alan, died in a nearby hospital
\ndue to severe head injuries.<\/p>\n
The missing people are identified as Entang, Maman's wife Nani
\nand Alan's wife Aisyah.<\/p>\n
The houses hit by the landslide were located on the slope of a
\nhill, formerly wooded, which had been turned into farmland.<\/p>\n
Oleh Solehudin, who lost his daughter Yuni, said that the
\ndisaster followed a heavy downpour that started on Monday
\nafternoon.<\/p>\n
He was attending a prayer meeting in a nearby village when the
\nlandslide demolished his home. He was picked up by his uncle, who
\ntold him that his house had been buried by the mudslide.<\/p>\n
\"It was so dark, I could only shout out my wife's name. Inside
\nmy buried home, I heard a gentle voice calling \"Bapak, Bapak
\n(father).\" I dug in the mud with my hands and discovered my wife
\nand daughter,\" Solehudin said, crying.<\/p>\n
His wife, Neni Nuraeni, survived, despite her injuries. The
\ndisaster also claimed the lives of his 10 goats.<\/p>\n
Solehudin said that he had never imagined such a disaster
\ncould hit his village.<\/p>\n
Wangonjaya village head, Mulyono, said it was the first time
\nthe village had been swept by a landslide.<\/p>\n
\"It's a completely natural disaster because our village has
\nnot been hit by a landslide for decades,\" he said. That was why,
\nhe said, he did not send out an early warning to the villagers.<\/p>\n
Following the disaster, the local volcanology and disaster
\nmitigation office warned of further landslides in areas close to
\nCikalong Wetan district, located some 60 kilometers west of the
\nWest Java capital, Bandung.<\/p>\n
The office has listed Cikalong Wetan district as one of 22
\nlandslide-prone districts in Bandung regency.<\/p>\n
According to the office, the land in the areas is unstable.<\/p>\n
There are 21 other locations in Wangonjaya village alone that
\nare vulnerable to landslide, particularly due to heavy rain that
\nhas recently been drenching the regency.<\/p>\n
Head of the office Surono told Antara that if rain fell on a
\nfissure near Wangonjaya village, another landslide was likely. He
\ntherefore called for villagers living nearby to be relocated.<\/p>",
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