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Landslide, flash flooding kills students at popular Indonesian waterfall

Heavy rain and flash flooding triggered a major landslide at a famous \"two-coloured\" waterfall at Sibolangit

By :  dr swati srivastava
Update: 2016-05-17 03:39 GMT
Fifteen students holidaying at a popular tourist spot in western Indonesia have been killed in a landslide, an official said on Monday, with fears the death toll could rise.
Landslides are not uncommon in Indonesia, a vast tropical archipelago prone to natural disasters and torrential downpours.
The forest getaway is highly popular at weekends and the victims were believed to be campers from several universities.
57 others had been found alive with just one injured, he added.
'It is believed those victims were also buried in the landslide,' Sutopo said in a statement.
Searchers had so far unearthed 15 bodies, Sutopo said late on Monday. Two others, presumed dead, were still being recovered, while four remained missing.
Heavy rain and flash flooding triggered a major landslide at a famous \"two-coloured\" waterfall at Sibolangit in the north of Sumatra island, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
Heavy rain and flash flooding triggered a major landslide at a famous \"two-coloured\" waterfall at Sibolangit

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