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The 2005 Leuwigajah landslide was a landslide that killed 143 people in Indonesia. The Leuwigajah landfill serving the cities of Cimahi and Bandung in West Java, Indonesia experienced a catastrophic garbage landslide on 21 February 2005 when the face of a large, almost-vertical garbage mound collapsed after days of rain.
A tornado refers to a violently rotating column of air that reaches the ground, which can be among the most destructive of all atmospheric phenomena. [1] In Indonesia, such events are called "angin puting beliung". [2] Many believed that Indonesia is safe from tornadoes due to the mountains protecting them, this myth has been disproven few ...
Almost all of the disasters were classified as hydro-meteorological events. Tornadoes were the most common natural disaster (496 events) followed by floods (458 events) and landslides (413 events). Landslides caused the most deaths estimated at 343 people. [16]
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 ...
At least 14 people have been killed in landslides on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Sunday, with rescue efforts ongoing for those reported missing.
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia deployed a helicopter and hundreds of rescuers on Tuesday as it resumed a search for 35 people still missing after a landslide at an illegal gold mine on the island of ...
Bahasa Indonesia; Magyar; ... Tornadoes of 2005 (12 P) Tropical cyclones in 2005 (13 C, 71 P) ... (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "2005 natural disasters"
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