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Indonesia: Landslide: 2015/08/23 Country Information on DRR

Period 2015/08/23
Country or District Indonesia
Event Type Landslide
Outline Heavy downpours in an isolated mountainous region of Papua province triggered the landslide on 23rd August 2015, burying six construction workers and two bystanders under rock and rubble.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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AFP 2015/08/25
Eight people are missing and feared dead after a major landslide hit a road in remote eastern Indonesia. Heavy downpours in an isolated mountainous region of Papua province triggered the landslide on 23rd August 2015, burying six construction workers and two bystanders under rock and rubble.