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Two killed in landslide near Lake Toba
Apriadi Gunawan , The Jakarta Post , Medan | Mon, 11/23/2009 5:00 PM | National
An official said Monday that at least two people were killed when a landslide hit the Silalahi mountain near Lake Toba in North Sumatra on Sunday night, following floods that engulfed the area.
Spokeswoman of the Dairi regency administration Erika Hasugian said the bodies of Rosnauli Sidebang and her son Ridwan Simandalahi were found about 200 meters from their house in Silahisabungan district, Dairi, on Monday.
The disaster also destroyed three houses and killed dozens of livestock, she said.
The Silahisabungan district head, Parasian Sihaloho, said it rained hard in the past few days but the Silalahi mountain could not absorb the rainwater as it suffered from deforestation due to illegal logging. As a result, the area was inundated, and then suffered a landslide.
He said that the landslide that occurred for five hours damaged infrastructure like roads and bridges, cutting off land transportation between several villages in the district.
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