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4 killed, 5 injured in landslide in western Indonesia

Baku, January 13, AZERTAC
Four people were killed in the Indonesian city of Batam, located in the Riau Islands province, after a landslide struck a housing complex early on Monday, according to ANTARA.
The disaster also injured five others and destroyed five houses, according to the province's disaster mitigation agency.
Hendrija, the agency's head of the rehabilitation and reconstruction division, told local media that heavy rains had been falling in the Riau Islands since the previous Friday and were expected to continue until Saturday. He later urged the public to remain vigilant and alert for potential further hydrometeorological disasters.
"We plan to implement roadblocks to the housing complex as part of the emergency response. We don't want more victims," he said.
Indonesia frequently experiences hydrometeorological disasters during the rainy season.