Landslides kill dozens as heavy rains lash Southeast Asia

Scientists pass clime alteration making Southeast Asia’s rainy play progressively hazardous.

Dozens of radical person been killed successful Southeast Asia arsenic the rainy play unleashes landslides.

At slightest 18 radical person been killed successful Indonesia implicit the past week, authorities said connected Monday. In Vietnam, six radical were killed precocious connected Sunday erstwhile a autobus was swept disconnected a roadworthy successful the centre of the country.

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The deaths successful Indonesia happened successful 2 regions successful Central Java province.

A landslide successful the metropolis of Cilacap buried a twelve houses successful Cibeunying village, the catastrophe mitigation bureau said.

Search and rescue efforts person been challenging, it noted, with victims buried successful mud 3m to 8m (10ft to 25ft) deep.

Authorities person counted astatine slightest 16 radical killed portion different 7 are missing, said M Abdullah, caput of the section part of the hunt and rescue agency.

Excavators were deployed to excavation done dirt, footage from quality transmission KompasTV showed connected Monday.

Separately, 2 radical died and 27 were missing aft a landslide connected Saturday successful the portion of Banjarnegara, the catastrophe mitigation bureau said, with up to 30 houses damaged.

Increasingly destructive and frequent

In Vietnam, a landslide buried a rider autobus connected a treacherous upland pass. Six radical are reported to person been killed with 19 injured, according to authorities media.

The autobus carrying 32 radical was en way from Da Lat to Nha Trang erstwhile the incidental happened, reports said.

The landslide connected Khanh Le Pass, triggered by dense rain, crushed the beforehand of the bus, trapping galore passengers.

Rescuers struggled for hours to scope the country arsenic dense rainfall besides caused landslides connected some sides of the pass, cutting disconnected access.

Indonesian rescue teams hunt connected November 15, 2025, for victims astatine the tract of a landslide that deed Cibeunying colony 2 days earlier successful Cilacap, Central Java state [Reuters]

Vietnam and Indonesia are among the world’s astir flood-prone countries with astir fractional their populations surviving successful high-risk areas.

Scientists pass that a warming clime is making the rainy season, which runs from October to March crossed parts of Southeast Asia, much hazardous arsenic the magnitude and severity of the play are affected.

Storm patterns are being altered, starring to heavier rain, flash flooding, stronger upwind gusts, and progressively destructive and predominant landslides.

Vietnam was deed hard earlier this period by Typhoon Kalmaegi. The tempest had earlier torn done the Philippines, sidesplitting astatine slightest 188 people.

In Indonesia, flash floods and landslides successful a distant country of the eastbound Papua portion killed astatine slightest 15 radical and near 8 missing successful aboriginal November.

In January, much than 20 residents were killed aft being swept distant successful floods and landslides erstwhile torrential rains deed Indonesia’s Central Java province.