Jakarta: At least twelve people including children have been killed and others seriously injured in landslides in three villages in the Bali regency of Bangli after torrential rain on Thursday night.
One of the landslides, in the remote mountainous Songan village, Kintamani, hit five houses at 11pm on Thursday night killing seven people including an entire family.
National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the landslide was caused by a combination of rain and the condition of slopes with many settlements.
He earlier said seven people had been killed, two injured seriously and two received minor injuries in Songan.
A search and rescue team had evacuated the casualties.
7 korban tewas, 2 luka berat, 2 luka ringan di Kec Kintamani Kab Bangli, Bali sudah dievakuasi semua. @jokowi @Pak_JK @gusmusgusmu pic.twitter.com/A6jKLpw3Uj— Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_BNPB) February 10, 2017
Indonesian authorities have released the names of those killed. All the victims from Songan were Indonesian. One family lost a 33-year-old woman, her seven-year-old daughter and one-year-old son.
"Landslides happen almost every year in Bali and cost lives," Mr Sutopo said. "Spatial planning must be enforced. Public education must be intensified."
Four fatalities also occurred in Awan and one in Sukawana, also villages in the regency of Bangli.
Mr Sutopo said extreme rain, with 145 millimetres in one day, had occurred in the regency of Karangasem on Wednesday.
He said heavy rain was predicted to continue in Bangli, Jembrana, Buleleng, Tabanan, Gianyar and Badung in Bali until Saturday.
"People are encouraged to be vigilant of landslides, floods and tornados," he said.
The Indonesian Red Cross, the military, police and volunteers were on site providing emergency care .
"All victims have been successfully evacuated," Mr Sutopo said.
