Longsor di Sukabumi, Enam Tewas dan Empat Orang Hilang
Six Dead, Four Missing, in Indonesian Landslide
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
ENAM ORANG tewas dan empat lainnya hilang akibat tanah longsor yang dipicu oleh hujan deras melanda Kabupaten Sukabumi, Jawa Barat pada Minggu.
Bencana longsor terjadi di desa Tegal Panjang di Kabupaten Sukabumi, Jawa Barat pada Sabtu malam setelah hujan deras, kata juru bicara Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Nasional (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
"Longsor itu terjadi secara tiba-tiba saat hujan deras. Tebing runtuh dan mengakibatkan longsor," kata Sutopo, seraya menambahkan bahwa 11 rumah juga terkubur di bawah puing-puing seperti dikutip AFP yang dilansir MailOnline.
"Enam orang tewas dan empat lainnya hilang dan masih sedang dicari," katanya.
Tanah longsor yang dipicu oleh hujan deras dan banjir kerap terjadi di Indonesia saat musim hujan.
BNPB memperkirakan sekitar setengah 250 juta penduduk di Indonesia bermukim di kawasan rawan longsor.
Negara kepulauan Indonesia yang luas merupakan salah satu negara rawan bencana alam, dan juga sering dilanda gempa bumi dan letusan gunung berapi.
SIX PEOPLE were killed and four others were missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rain hit Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Sunday.
The landslide took place in Tegal Panjang village in Sukabumi district in west Java late Saturday after a particularly heavy downpour, said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
"The landslide took place suddenly during a heavy rain. The cliff collapsed and hit a settlement," Sutopo said, adding that 11 houses were also buried under the debris.
"Six people died and four others are missing and are still being searched for," he said.
Landslides triggered by heavy rains and floods are common in tropical Indonesia during the rainy season.
The national disaster agency estimates around half the country's 250 million population lives in areas prone to landslides.
The vast Indonesian archipelago is one of the most natural disaster-prone nations on Earth, and is also frequently hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
