TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) reported a landslide in Besani village, Leksono distrcit, Wosonobo, Central Java on Saturday (26/11).
The landslide has also claimed the live of a child and made a bridge collapse in Central Java area.
BNPB spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that the disaster took place at 4.30 in the afternoon. He added that the landslide destroyed a house belonged to Muchsin (35) who lives in Besani village. “The house is located on a slope prone to landslide,” he explained to Tempo on Sunday (27/11).
Sutopo added that a child named Achmad Ubadillah Ghifari (7) died buried in the slide. BPBD Wonosobohas evacuated the body and they also provided the family with compensation.
In another area, torential rain caused flood that eroded the foundation of a bridge on Sanggarahan river, Wonorejo village, Karangsono village, Karangrayung district, Grobogan subdistrict. The access to Suru village, Geyer district and Karangsono village is blocked.
“People had to take another route which is 5 km long,” he added.
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