Indonesia resumes search for about 80 missing after landslide kills 10

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Rescuers in West Java, Indonesia, have resumed searching for approximately 80 people missing after a landslide struck a residential area on Saturday. The landslide, triggered by heavy rains, buried villages in West Bandung, about 100km southeast of Jakarta. As of Sunday, the death toll has risen to 10. Rescue operations were initially suspended overnight due to harsh weather conditions, including ongoing rain and unstable terrain, which hampered the use of heavy machinery. The search involves rescuers, military personnel, police, volunteers, drones, and canine units.

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Sometimes we have only small floods from the nearest river, but this time [the landslide] came from the forest.

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The rain forced rescue efforts to pause overnight.

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The landslide barrelled into villages in West Java’s West Bandung early on Saturday morning.

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Indonesian rescuers have resumed searching for some 80 people still missing in a deadly landslide.

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The death toll from Saturday’s landslide in West Java province has risen to 10.

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The death toll from Saturday’s landslide in a residential area of West Java province has risen to 10.Published On 25 Jan 2026Indonesian rescuers have resumed searching for some 80 people still missing in a deadly landslide, after the mission coordinator said operations had to be suspended overnight due to harsh weather.The death toll from Saturday’s landslide in a residential area of West Java province rose to 10 on Sunday, according to state-run media, announcing three more deaths.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Seven dead, dozens missing after landslide in Indonesia’s West Bandunglist 2 of 4Heavy rains hamper recovery as death toll from floods in Asia exceeds 1,750list 3 of 4Indonesia searches for missing plane with at least 10 on boardlist 4 of 4Fire at Indonesia retirement home kills 16 peopleend of listTriggered by heavy rain, the landslide barrelled into villages in West Java’s West Bandung early on Saturday morning, burying residential areas and forcing dozens of people to evacuate their homes.The rain forced rescue efforts to pause overnight, mission coordinator Ade Dian Permana said in a statement, before the operations resumed on Sunday.Rescuers were hampered on Saturday as unstable terrain and rains hindered them from deploying heavy machinery, Kompas TV reported, citing authorities.There were multiple reports of floods in West Java, including the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.The floods have caused residents in heavily affected areas to evacuate to higher ground or unaffected places.Resident Dedi Kurniawan, 36, said it was the first such landslide he had witnessed in Pasir Langu village in a hilly area of the province about 100km (60 miles) southeast of Jakarta.“Sometimes we have only small floods from the nearest river, but this time [the landslide] came from the forest,” he told the Reuters news agency.Harsh conditionsRescuers, helped by the military, police and volunteers, have been excavating manually.They are also deploying drones and canine units to scour the area for victims, according to the national rescue agency.

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