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Time Bomb on Denuded Hills

Floods and landslides have occurred in a number of hilly and watershed areas. People should be on the alert in December for heavy rain and extreme weather.

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Two workers of the Sector 22 Citarum Harum Task Force plant tree seedlings on the border of a vegetable farm on Monday (9/12/2019) in Cimenyan village, Cimenyan district, Bandung regency, West Java. Planting trees in the North Bandung Zone (KBU) is expected to help restore the region’s function as a water catchment area.

Floods and landslides have occurred in a number of hilly and watershed areas. People should be on the alert in December for heavy rain and extreme weather.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The beginning of the current rainy season has been followed by landslides, inundations and flash floods in several regions in Central Sulawesi, Aceh, West Sumatra and West Java. Denuded hills in several regions are like time bombs spreading fear.

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naranasrullah
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