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Islands in focus: Four missing in Yalimo landslide
JAYAPURA: Four residents of Benawa district, Yalimo regency, Papua, have reportedly been missing since heavy downpour hit the region on Wednesday, leading to a landslide
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AYAPURA: Four residents of Benawa district, Yalimo regency, Papua, have reportedly been missing since heavy downpour hit the region on Wednesday, leading to a landslide.
'Local people reported that four of them were missing after the landslide,' Yalimo legislative council's deputy speaker Lakius Peyon said when contacted by The Jakarta Post on Friday.
Eight other people are still missing following an earlier landslide in Apalapsili district, Yalimo, on Aug. 23. Their bodies have not yet been discovered.
'The site is buried as high as 8 to 9 meters and evacuation will be very difficult to carry out if they are relying solely on human power,' said head of Jayapura SAR agency, Ludiyanto, adding that the landslide affected an area the size of a soccer field.
The Apalapsili landslide has cut access between the district and Elelim.
