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Bad weather causes incidents, claims casualties in Bogor

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Tue, February 28, 2017

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Bad weather causes incidents, claims casualties in Bogor Several roadusers brace an inundated Jl. Pahlawan in Citeureup, Bogor regency, West Java, on Feb. 20. (Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya)

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edium to heavy downpours in Bogor caused incidents in at least 33 locations in the city, according to data from city’s disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) on Monday.

Djaya Toha of the disaster mitigation agency said that the bad weather had led to a landslide and floods that claimed three lives.

“One died in a landslide in Paledang district, while two others died in floods in Sukaresmi subdistrict,” Djaya said as quoted by Antara news agency.

The highest number of incidents related to bad weather occurred on Feb. 21 with 13 incidents of landslides, floods and falling trees in different locations. (kkk)

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