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Indonesia:Landslide:2001/08/01

Duration	2001/08/01	Incessant rain triggered floods and landslides that buried as many as five villages on Nias island, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) off the northwest coast of Sumatra.
Country or District	Indonesia
Name	Landslide

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
Dead:30people Severely injured:4people	Destroying houses:146 2 bridges were damaged. Main road were blocked by landslides.

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Report/Articles OCHA Situation Report No.3 2001/08/08 Situation and Response OCHA Situation Report No.2 2001/08/02 30 people are dead, 4 people are severely injured, and 826 persons are missing as a result of the floods and landslides on the island of Nias, North Sumatra OCHA Situation Report No.1 2001/08/01 Situation and Response CNN News 2001/08/02 Landslide rescuers locate missing villagers CNN News 2001/08/01 Indonesian landslide toll at least 100 CNN News 2001/08/01 (Japanese Page) CNN News 2001/08/01 Scores die in freak Indonesian storms

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