Rescue workers are searching through tons of mud and the rubble left by a landslide that has killed at least 17 people in the devastated unauthorized traditional gold mining area on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.
Associated PressIn this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency , an injured victim of a landslide is attended to in Suwawa on Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, early Monday, July 8, 2024. The landslide triggered by torrential rains crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing a number of miners, officials said Monday.
“Improved weather allowed us to recover more bodies,” said Heriyanto, who goes by a single name, like many Indonesians. National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said torrential rains that have pounded the mountainous district since Saturday triggered the landslide and broke an embankment, causing floods up to the roofs of houses in five villages in Bone Bolango, which is part of a mountainous district in Gorontalo province. Nearly 300 houses were affected and more than 1,000 people fled for safety.
“With many missing and some remote areas still unreachable, the death toll was likely to rise,” Ilahude said, adding that sniffer dogs were also being mobilized in the search.
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