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JAKARTA, Jan. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Following are major floods and landslides that hit Indonesia over the last few years:
Dec. 11, 2002 -- A spring water resort in East Java packed withlocal
tourists was suddenly swept by a flash flood coming from a nearby mountain,
killing 26 people.
Dec. 27, 2002 -- A landslide swept through a village on a slopeof a
mountain in Lampung province on Sumatra island, leaving 10 dead.
Nov. 3, 2003 -- A flash flood carrying thousands of logs ripped through a
riverside tourist resort near a rain forest in North Sumatra province, leaving
more than 200 people dead or missing.
April 21, 2004 -- A landslide in the West Java town of Bandung killed 15
people and displaced 164 families.
Feb. 21, 2005 -- Torrential rains triggered a landslide in a dump area in
the West Java town of Cimahi. The rescue team evacuated 137 bodies and six more
were still buried under tons of garbage.
Jan, 1, 2006 -- Flashflood accompanied by a huge mudslide hit avillage on
the slope of Argopuro mountain in the East Java town ofJember, killing 77 people
and destroying hundreds of houses.
Jan. 4, 2006 -- A rain-triggered landslide buried 102 houses inthe Central
Java town of Banjarnegara, at least 200 people are feared dead in the disaster.
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