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Indonesia: Landslide: 2008/11/14 Country Information on DRR

Period 2008/11/14
Country or District Indonesia
Event Type Landslide
Outline Deadly landslide smothers Indonesian village. landslide buried at least 15 people in Indonesia on Thursday night. The landslide happened in Cianjur, a town in the province of West Java, after days of torrential rain.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Report/Articles

OCHA ReliefWeb 2008/12/01
A severe landslide, triggered by heavy rain, killed 17 people and displaced approximately 2,400 people in Cianjur District, West Java; over 500 houses resulted damaged;

CNN.com 2008/11/14
A landslide buried at least 15 people in Indonesia on Thursday night.

Pictures

Reuters AlerNet 2008/11/14
(Photo )A woman eats her lunch in flooded residential area in central Jakarta