7 killed in Sumatra landslide


A man looking at a collapsed house in Padang Pariaman, Sumatra after torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in the area. – Indonesia National Board for Disaster Management handout pic/AFP

SEVEN people were killed in a landslide triggered by torrential storms in Sumatra, authorities said, as they warned continuing rainfall could cause further ground movement today.

A day after the landslide hit two adjacent houses in Padang Pariaman district on Wednesday, seven bodies were pulled out of the mud while another person was rescued alive with broken bones. 


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