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Death toll rises to 10 after landslide at dam site in orangutan habitat

Death toll rises to 10 after landslide at dam site in orangutan habitat The death toll from a landslide at a hydropower construction site in northern Sumatra has risen to 10, with three people still missing and feared dead. The disaster was the second landslide to hit the site in the Batang Toru forest in the space of five months. Experts and activists have again questioned the project developer’s disaster mitigation plan, warning that the area could also be hit by an earthquake, with even more devastating consequences. Conservationists also say the project threatens the only known habitat of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, which numbers fewer than 800 individuals.

Landslides at controversial China-funded Indonesian dam kill at least three people-550689

Landslides at controversial China-funded Indonesian dam kill at least three people Sun Online Desk   Landslides near a construction site of a $1.5 billion Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam on Indonesia s Sumatra island have killed at least three people, the disaster agency said on Friday, amid fears that more may be missing. The dam has faced criticism from environmental groups because it is in the heart of the Batang Toru rainforest, home to the Tapanuli orangutans, a unique species of the endangered great apes that was discovered in 2017. The disaster mitigation agency said in a statement that the death toll stood at three after the landslides struck on Thursday following heavy rains and an official said it was still assessing whether more might be missing.

Landslides at controversial China-funded Indonesian dam kill at least three people; Covid-19 total hits 1,668,368; death toll now at 45,521

Rescuers searching for survivors after a rain-sparked landslide near a Chinese-backed power plant in North Sumatra, on April 30, 2021.- AFP JAKARTA, April 30 (Reuters): Landslides near a construction site of a US$1.5 billion Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam on Indonesia s Sumatra island have killed at least three people, the disaster agency said on Friday, amid fears that more may be missing. The dam has faced criticism from environmental groups because it is in the heart of the Batang Toru rainforest, home to the Tapanuli orangutans, a unique species of the endangered great apes that was discovered in 2017. The disaster mitigation agency said in a statement that the death toll stood at three after the landslides struck on Thursday following heavy rains and an official said it was still assessing whether more might be missing.

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