Hundreds evacuated after slow-moving landslide hits Purwakarta in West Java


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JAKARTA: Authorities have evacuated nearly 250 residents from Pasirmunjul Village in Purwakarta Regency, West Java, following a slow-moving landslide that has affected the area since June 11

The West Java Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported that around 80 houses were damaged in the incident, with nearly 50 of them almost completely flattened.


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