Officials say torrential rains have triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 people and leaving three others missing. Tons of mud fell from surrounding hills onto four houses just before midnight Saturday in the Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, a local police chief said.
TANA TORAJA, Indonesia — Torrential rains triggered landslides on Indonesia ’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 people and leaving three others missing, officials said Sunday.
Dozens of soldiers, police and volunteers joined the search in the villages of Makale and South Makale, in a remote, hilly area, Mundu said. Rescuers early Sunday managed to pull out two injured people, including an 8-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.
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