A landslide killed at least eight people and more than 80 are missing on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Saturday, a disaster official said.
Triggered by heavy rainfall, it struck two villages in Java’s West Bandung region at around 2:30 am (1930 GMT Friday) and buried residential areas.
Abdul Muhari, a spokesman for the national disaster agency, or BNPB, confirmed that eight people were killed.
“As of Saturday 10:30 am, dozens of residents were reported safe, and 82 people were still being searched for,” he said in a statement.
The disaster follows flooding and landslides late last year that killed around 1,200 people and displaced more than 240,000 in…