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A member of the National Search and Rescue Agency (SAR) looks at a landslide in Dlopo hamlet, Kepel village, Ngetos district, Nganjuk regency, East Java, on Monday (10/4). A 500-meter hill collapsed, burying five people. Four of the victims were killed when they were taking "selfie" pictures while the fifth was working on farmland around the disaster site.

NGANJUK, KOMPAS — Floods and landslides keep threatening several regions. Aside from being triggered by heavy rain, the unstable soil also triggered the disaster. Such conditions halted the search and rescue of the victims buried under the landslides. Residents in the disaster-prone locations are told to be cautious or relocate to safer places.

Until yesterday, the search of five victims buried in the landslide in Dlopo hamlet, Kepel village, Ngetos district, Nganjuk regency, East Java, on Sunday was unsuccessful. One obstacle was the soft soil that made it difficult for the heavy equipment to reach the disaster-hit area. The search effort had to use a manual method.

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