At least 7 people have been killed in rain-triggered landslides in the Indonesian island of Sumatra

Sibolangit: Seven people have died due to landslides Torrential rain in IndonesiaSumatra island, officials said Thursday, the death toll from landslides in the region has risen this week.
Rescuers pulled out the bodies of victims, including the driver and passengers, from a tourist bus covered in trees, mud and rocks in a landslide on a road from Medan city to Berastagi city in Indonesia. North Sumatra Province. This road is the main access from Rajdhani Medan to other districts of the region.
This bus was also among the vehicles that were cut off due to landslides on the road since Wednesday morning.
More than 10 people have also been injured and have been shifted to Maidan city hospital.
North Sumatra Regional Police traffic director Muji Idianto said in a distributed video message. Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency said on Thursday that several vehicles were trapped between landslides on that road.
“It will take at least two days to pull them out of the landslides. Some vehicles are still trapped in the landslides. In many places trees have also fallen and landslides have occurred and vehicles have not been able to get out. Places,” Adianto said.
Earlier this week, 20 people died flash flood and landslides at four locations in the mountains of North Sumatra province, including Karo Regency, less than 20 kilometers from the location of the most recent landslide.
Seasonal rains around October to March frequently cause floods and landslides in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile floodplains.