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1st LD: Landslide hits W. Indonesia, 5 missing

Xinhua, April 9, 2017 Adjust font size:

Five people were buried as a landslide took place in Nganjuk district of East Java province in Indonesia on Sunday, an official of the disaster agency said.

The landslide occurred at 14:00 p.m. Jakarta time in Kepel village when all the victims were having activities at rice fields and plantations located at the slope of a hill, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the national disaster agency told Xinhua via phone.

Heavy downpours happened in the affected area a day before the disaster, he added.

Search and rescue operation for the five persons has been underway, Sutopo disclosed. Enditem