A search and rescue team found 18 people killed by landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and are still looking for two missing.
TANA TORAJA, Indonesia — A search and rescue team found 18 people killed by landslides on Indonesia ’s Sulawesi island and are still looking for two missing, officials said Monday.Rescuers found about 14 bodies in Makale village on Sunday afternoon and four in South Makale , said Mexianus Bekabel, the chief of Makassar Search and Rescue.
He said a family gathering was being held in one of the houses when the landslide hit.Dozens of soldiers, police and volunteers joined the search in the remote hillside villages of Makale and South Makale, Mundu said. Rescuers early Sunday managed to pull out two injured people, including an eight-year-old girl, and rushed them to a nearby hospital.Downed communications lines, bad weather and unstable soil were hampering the rescue efforts, Muhari said.
Indonesia Sulawesi Island Landslides Search And Rescue Missing Makale Village South Makale Tana Toraja District Disaster Management Agency
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