July 31, 2011
Ambon, Maluku. A landslide triggered by two days of incessant rains killed four family members in the Bere-Bere section of Maluku provincial capital Ambon on Sunday.
Kilfy Wakanno, secretary of the Maluku Natural Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD), confirmed on Sunday that the landslide claimed the lives of a husband, his wife and two children.
One person was seriously injured and was being treated at Haulussy Hospital in Ambon.
This is the second deadly landslide in Ambon since April 30, when a resident of the Batugantong area was also killed in a similar incident.
(x the JG)
zo 31 jul 2011 - 17:32