Indonesia rescuers await reinforcements in hunt for landslide survivors


A view of a damaged house that was affected by a landslide in Natuna, Riau islands province, Indonesia, March 6, 2023, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/HO-Koramil 06/via REUTERS

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Rescuers on a remote Indonesia island searched for signs of life on Tuesday after a landslide that killed 15 people, awaiting equipment and reinforcements to boost efforts to find 42 people still missing, the disaster agency said.

The landslide on Monday followed six days of torrential rain and buried houses on a village on the island of Searasan in the Natuna region, about 80 km (49.71 miles) off the island of Borneo.

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