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Landslide Kills 2 in Disaster-Hit Bali

Written by News Desk-Jakartaglobe   

Denpasar. Two children died in a landslide which engulfed the kitchen of a home in a North Bali village on Saturday evening.

The two siblings, six-year-old Ni Luh Sumitasari and infant Ni Kadek Puspitasari, eight months, were killed in the landslide which followed heavy rains on the hills above Pancasari village in Buleleng district.

Their parents were injured but survived.

“The two victims were found not long after the incident,” police spokesman Made Widana said on Sunday.

Widana said the accident happened just as the family was preparing to evacuate the village because of dangerous conditions caused by the high winds and heavy rain.

Before they could leave, however, a landslide toppled down the hill above their home. Emergency workers aided by villagers found Sumitasari and her younger sibling buried in mud where the home’s kitchen used to stand.

“We have ordered residents to evacuate the area in anticipation of further disaster,” said Ketut Astasena, head of the Buleleng Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).

A similar incident occurred last week in Bali. Heavy rains caused a massive landslide in the Taman Ayun temple area, a popular tourist spot, killing an 18-month-old baby.

Ketut Parwa, the head of the Bali Search and Rescue Agency, said the child had been asleep with her mother at a food stall in the temple’s parking lot when the disaster struck at 11 p.m. They had gone to the food stall to take shelter from the rain.

Parwa said the 12-meter-high precipice on which the food stall was located suddenly gave way, burying the child in tons of mud. The mother managed to escape. Rescuers recovered the child’s body on Sunday evening.

The damage to Bali’s infrastructure after a week of extreme weather is estimated at over Rp 5 billion ($560,000).

“We have set aside Rp 30 billion in funds for disaster recovery this year,” said I Gusti Made Jaya Serataberana, the Bali provincial BPBD chief.

 

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