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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Rescuers in Indonesia uncovered additional victims as they continued searching areas devastated by landslides on the island of Java, bringing the confirmed death toll to 23, officials said Thursday. The latest discoveries came as crews worked through deep mud and debris in the Cilacap district, where heavy rains last week triggered landslides that swept through three villages and buried dozens of homes.
Nearly two dozen excavators were used on Wednesday as teams recovered four more bodies, raising the total number of confirmed deaths in Cilacap to 20, according to National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari. Search teams are still looking for three people who remain missing. Local officials said 296 houses will be permanently relocated over the next six months due to the unstable terrain, and families awaiting new homes will receive monthly compensation of 600,000 rupiah (about $36).
In a separate incident elsewhere in Central Java, rescuers located one additional victim on Wednesday, increasing the death toll in that area to three. More than 500 personnel have been deployed across the region, where at least 25 people are still unaccounted for after a landslide struck Banjarnegara district on Saturday. That disaster buried more than 50 homes and forced nearly 1,000 residents to flee to emergency shelters.
Photos from the disaster zone show once-vibrant rice terraces now submerged under thick mud, with excavators carving through layers of soil, rocks, and uprooted trees as workers search for survivors. Indonesia, with its mountainous landscape and heavy seasonal rainfall, regularly faces severe flooding and landslides, especially in communities built near unstable hillsides or fertile river plains.
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