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At least 10 killed in remote Indonesia landslide

An image posted on Twitter in the aftermath of the landslide in Indonesia.

An image posted on Twitter in the aftermath of the landslide in Indonesia. Photo: Twitter

At least 10 people have died in the Indonesian region of Natuna after a landslide buried houses amid heavy rainfall, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said.

Junainah, a disaster official in Riau Islands province, on Monday said the number of fatalities may rise and that communications in the area had been severed.

“The weather is changing. The wind is still blowing hard. The tidal waves are high,” said Junainah, who goes by one name.

The agency said survivors were being evacuated from the Searasan region, while a search and rescue team had been dispatched to the area.

In photos shared by the agency, roofs and trees were seen strewn on the mud-filled ground in heavy rain.

The affected area was on a remote island that was a five-hour boat ride from the capital of Natuna, Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said.

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