Indonesian rescuers resumed a search on Tuesday for 45 people still missing after a landslide at an illegal gold mine on Sulawesi island that killed at least 17 people, an official at the country's search and rescue agency said.
Torrential rain triggered the disaster on Sunday morning in the district of Suwawa in Gorontalo province, with the landslide engulfing miners and residents living nearby, Reuters reported.
Salama, an official at Indonesia's search and rescue agency, said by telephone that rescue efforts had restarted on Tuesday after being temporarily halted on Monday due to heavy rain.
Nearly 400 people were involved in the rescue operation, aided by a helicopter, said Salama, who uses one name.
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The death toll from a landslide near an illegal gold mine on Indonesia’s central island of Sulawesi had risen to 23 people, while 35 others are still missing, an official said Tuesday.
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