Indonesia landslide kills 11, dozens missing —officials

This handout photograph taken and launched on March 6, 2023 by the BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency) exhibits individuals inspecting the harm at a village that was hit by landslides in Natuna in Indonesia’s Riau Province. Handout/ BNPB/ AFP

JAKARTA — Eleven individuals had been killed and dozens had been lacking after torrential rains and landslides battered one among Indonesia’s outermost islands on Monday, the nation’s catastrophe company mentioned.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency’s spokesperson Abdul Muhari mentioned on Kompas TV that, in line with the newest info from native officers on the Riau Islands, “11 body bags had been filled” and “50 people are estimated missing.” — Agence France-Presse