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View all search resultsHundreds evacuated after slow-moving landslide hits Purwakarta
The disaster has forced residents to relocate dozens of graves in the village, as many tombs cracked open and shifted. As of Sunday, villagers and authorities have managed to relocate 26 graves, but dozens more still remain.
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A stock illustration of a landslide in a forest. (Shutterstock/noer cungkring)
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uthorities have evacuated nearly 250 residents from Pasirmunjul Village in Purwakarta Regency, West Java, following a slow-moving landslide that has affected the area since June 11.
The West Java Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported that around 80 houses were damaged in the incident, with nearly 50 of them almost completely flattened.
“The landslide also severely damaged access roads to the village and a place of worship,” agency spokesperson Hadi Rahmad said on Sunday as quoted by Kompas.
Hadi added that 249 people from 81 families were forced to leave their homes following the disaster, with 78 staying in a temporary shelter at the Pasirmunjul sports hall and the rest taking refuge with relatives.
The disaster has also forced residents to relocate dozens of graves in the village, as many tombs cracked open and shifted. As of Sunday, villagers and authorities had managed to relocate 26 graves, but dozens more still remain.
Villagers, meanwhile, are struggling to identify the remains of the deceased because the graves have shifted significantly from their original locations. They are also facing difficulties in securing ambulance services to transport the remains, as road access is blocked by landslide debris.
According to BPBD’s Hadi, the area in Pasirmunjul Village that was affected by the landslide spans approximately 18,750 square meters, with soil shifting up to 20 meters from its original position. The slow-moving landslide occurred at intervals of around 10 minutes until Sunday afternoon.
