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16 landslides hit Gorontalo
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Residents help lift up a motorcycle at a landslide point in Tolotio village in Gorontalo province on Jan. 30, 2016. (BPBD Gorontalo/-)
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eavy rains poured down in Gorontalo province for a whole week last week, causing landslides in 16 spots in Bone Bolango regency on Monday.
The landslides began to hit Monday morning along the trans-Sulawesi highway, with the worst seen in the Olele, Oluhuta and Tolotio villages of Bone Bolango regency. “Some 50 kilometers of the road was covered in mud. But no casualties were reported,” said Gorontalo Disaster Mitigation Agency’s head of the logistics and emergency department Tahir Laendeng.
Bone Raya district head Mesalina Saputra said the landslide had destroyed the kitchen section of a house in Olele village. “Not far from there is a mining activity,” Mesalina said.
On Jan. 27, some 500 houses in seven districts in North Gorontalo regency were inundated due to long-lasting rains.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency has issued warnings that rains are expected to hit Gorontalo province until Feb. 1.
