Indonesia landslide kills 7, more than 80 missing: disaster agency

Cisarua, Indonesia: A landslide killed at least seven people and more than 80 are missing on Indonesia's main island of Java Saturday, a disaster official said.

The landslide triggered by heavy rainfall struck a village in the region of West Bandung at around 2:30 am, damaging houses.Debris from destroyed houses remains after a landslide struck in Pasirlangu village, Bandung, West Java, on January 24, 2026, (Photo by Timur Matahari / AFP)

"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, or BNPB, said.

Debris from destroyed houses remains after a landslide struck in Pasirlangu village, Bandung, West Java, on January 24, 2026. (Photo by Timur Matahari / AFP)

"As of Saturday 10:30 am, dozens of residents were reported safe, and 83 people were still being searched for," he added.

Floods and landslides are common in Indonesia during the rainy season, which typically runs from October to March.A woman caries a boy who survive a landslide at Pasirlangu village in Bandung, West Java, on January 24, 2026,  (Photo by Timur Matahari / AFP)

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.

Around 1,200 people died in the Sumatra flood, and more than 240,000 were displaced, according to the BNPB.Evacuees take shelter at a village office after a landslide struck Pasirlangu village, Bandung, West Java, on January 24, 2026,  (Photo by Timur Matahari / AFP)

Environmentalists and experts have pointed to the role forest loss played in the flooding and landslides that washed torrents of mud into villages.