Antara News, Monday, September 6, 2010 20:16 WIB
Pagaralam, S Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Landslides damaged tens of hectares of coffee and vegetable farms in some parts of Dempo Utara sub-district, Pagaralam, South Sumatra on Monday.
Some cliffs in the villages of Jangkarmas, Agunglawangan, Burungdinang, and Bumiagung, Dempo Utara sub-district, Pagaralam, South Sumatra Province, collapsed following two days of heavy rain.
ANTARA learned that the landslides also threatened some local residents` hutments.
The torrential rains had been showering the Dempo Utara sub-district areas over the past two days, triggering the collapse of some cliffs.
"The cliffs of Bukit Barisan mountainous areas near here had collapsed two times. As usual, this natural disaster is followed by flash floods which threaten residents` farmings," Herlan said.
The local resident said the landslides damaged some Jangkaremas villagers` coffee farmings and paddy fields.
Around the landslide sites, the condition of forests was in serious damage and they were on river bank so that the areas were vulnerable to such natural disasters as flooding, he said.
Meanwhile, Head of Pagaralam`s natural disaster surveillance unit, Yapani Rachim, said search and rescue workers had been prepared for anticipating all unwanted eventualities.
"To control the damaged forests, the Pagaralam city`s government has launched a planting tree program. Hundreds of thousands of trees have been planted in the damaged forest areas," he said.
Over the past few months, various parts of Indonesia have undergone extreme weather phenomena, including torrential rains that cause floods and landslides in some areas.
Last August, a part of Trans-Sulawesi highway linking Poso and Tentena in Central Sulawesi Province had once been paralyzed by a landslide for a few days.
Before being cleared, the Poso-Tentena road was stuck after rocks and dirt covered by one-kilometer-long, including big rocks and fallen trees.
In North Sumatra, the Sinabung Mountain has erupted for four times, forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes.
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