Five dead in flooding and landslides amid year-end holidays in Indonesia


Joint rescue team personnel search for landslide victims in Gegerbitung district, Sukabumi regency, West Java, on Dec. 5, 2024. -- Photo: Antara via The Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA (Jakarta Post/ANN): Extreme weather conditions that continue to hit the country amid the year-end holidays have resulted in the deaths of at least five individuals and caused thousands of others to flee their homes for safety.

According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), three people including an 8-year-old boy died in landslides that hit Karang Anyar subdistrict in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, early on Wednesday morning.

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