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An Australian woman is among two tourists killed on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali after heavy rain triggered a landslide that swept away their villa.
Large areas of the archipelago of 17,000 islands are prone to flooding and landslides during the wet season, which starts around November.
The wooden villa in Jatiluwih village on the popular tourist island was hit by the landslide on Thursday morning after a downpour in the area the night before, local disaster management official I Nyoman Srinadha Giri told AFP.
An Australian woman is among two tourists killed on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali after heavy rain triggered a landslide that swept away their villa.
The intense rain eroded water channels used for irrigation that sit above the villa and triggered the landslide that killed the two, according to the official.
‘The victims were evacuated from the debris while they were sleeping (positions). There were two victims, a man and a woman in a bed, he said.
The female victim, 47, was born in Australia and had permanent residency in the United States, while the nationality and identity of the male victim remained unknown.
The victims’ bodies were transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital Denpasar.
Landslides in Indonesia have in some places been exacerbated by deforestation, with prolonged torrential rains causing flooding in some areas.
Landslides and floods triggered by intense rain on Sumatra island last week killed at least 27 people.