At least 12 people have died and 18 are missing after heavy rains washed away an illegal gold mine over the weekend on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said Monday.
Sunday morning’s devastation in Sumawa district, Gorontalo province, killed miners and residents near illegal mines, said Heriyanto, director of the regional relief agency (Basarnas). Five people were rescued alive, he said, adding that rescue teams were searching for 18 missing people on Monday.
We sent 164 people, including national rescue teams, police and soldiers, to search for missing people, Heriyanto said. However, rescuers will have to walk about 20 kilometers to reach the crash site, and the road is blocked by heavy mud and continued rain in the area, Heriyanto said.
He said that we will try to use the mining equipment as soon as possible. Photos of the affected city shared by the company show that some buildings collapsed due to the landslide.
Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said the landslide damaged several buildings and bridges. BNPB warned in the rain expect some area of Gornalo on Monday on Tuesday and run people to be alerted and a disaster.
Different landscape in southern Slabesi kills at least 18 in southern April, which rain, which the rain caused. Torrential rains that triggered flash floods and mudslides killed more than 50 people in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province in May.
The Philippines and Japan will sign a memorandum of understanding tomorrow that will allow their troops to go to each other’s soil, the press office of the Philippine president announced today.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will witness the signing of the Philippines-Japan recognition agreement shortly after the courtesy visit of Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, his office said. Kamikawa and Kihara are in Manila to meet with their Philippine counterparts tomorrow to discuss further strengthening the security relationship between the two major US allies in Asia.
The Philippines has strengthened relations with its neighbors and other countries to counter what it describes as China’s growing aggression in the South China Sea. On the other hand, Japan is fighting with China in the East China Sea because of the small uninhabited islands that Beijing calls Diaoyu and Tokyo Senkaku.
Formal negotiations for an accession treaty between the Philippines and Japan began in November.
