The landslide triggered by heavy rainfall struck a village in the region of West Bandung at around 2.30am, damaging houses.
“A landslide occurred in West Bandung regency, West Java province, in the early hours of Saturday, killing seven people,” Abdul Muhari, a spokesman for the national disaster agency (BNPB), said.
“As of 10.30am on Saturday, dozens of residents were reported safe, and 83 people were still being searched for,” he added.
“The number of missing persons is high, we will try to optimise our search and rescue efforts today.”
Floods and landslides are common in Indonesia during the rainy season, which typically runs from October to March.
Tropical storms and intense monsoon rains pummelled parts of South and Southeast Asia late last year, triggering deadly landslides and floods from the rainforests of Indonesia’s Sumatra to highland plantations in Sri Lanka.
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