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Five dead in flooding, landslides amid year-end holidays
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Joint rescue team personnel search for landslide victims in Gegerbitung district, Sukabumi regency, West Java, on Dec. 5, 2024. (Antara/Aditya A. Rohman)
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xtreme weather conditions that continue to hit the country amid the year-end holidays have resulted in the deaths of at least five individuals and caused thousands of others to flee their homes for safety.
According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), three people including an 8-year-old boy died in landslides that hit Karang Anyar subdistrict in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, early on Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, heavy rain in Simalungun regency, North Sumatra, caused the Bah Sombu River to overflow and wash away a house with two people inside, both of whom died in the incident, which occurred around 8 a.m. on Christmas Day.
The BNPB also recorded flooding in Situbondo, East Java, and Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra, several days ago, leaving 134 houses inundated in Situbondo and 80 people affected in Mandailing Natal.
Separately, the Hulu Sungai Tengah Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported flooding that affected over 6,000 residents in Barabai, Pandawan and Batu Benawa districts in Hulu Sungai Tengah regency, South Kalimantan, over the past two days.
"Rain has been falling continuously for several days, causing the water levels to rise," said Hulu Sungai Tengah BPBD head Ahmad Apandi while inspecting the affected site in Barabai on Thursday night.
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