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Landslide buries five houses after heavy rain
A landslide buried at least five houses in the hilly area of Numbay subdistrict after heavy rain pounded Jayapura, Papua, from Friday through Saturday
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landslide buried at least five houses in the hilly area of Numbay subdistrict after heavy rain pounded Jayapura, Papua, from Friday through Saturday. No fatalities have been reported.
One resident, MacArthur Rapami, said the landslide occurred at about 1 a.m. local time on Saturday. 'I was cuddling my child when mud suddenly began to enter my house,' he said on Sunday.
MacArthur managed to take his wife and child to a relative's house nearby. Assisted by neighbors, MacArthur has begun to clean out his home.
Besides causing the landslide, the heavy rain also caused a river to burst its banks, flooding some streets in Jayapura city, including in front of the Papua Transportation Agency.
As of Sunday, several trucks had been deployed to collect piles of mud from the streets.
