KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Secondary landslides are impeding search and rescue efforts at a landslide that caused fatalities in Sukabumi, West Java, where 20 people are still missing after 66 were saved, including three with serious injuries. National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the search and rescue team had to deal with four secondary landslides in the area on Tuesday that were triggered by torrential rain. "The fragile soil is quite dangerous for the team, especially when it rains,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.
Secondary landslide hamper Sukabumi rescue efforts
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Secondary landslides are impeding search and rescue efforts at a landslide that caused fatalities in Sukabumi, West Java, where 20 people are still missing after 66 were saved, including three with serious injuries. National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the search and rescue team had to deal with four secondary landslides in the area on Tuesday that were triggered by torrential rain. "The fragile soil is quite dangerous for the team, especially when it rains,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.