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Death toll from Jakarta landslides and flash floods reaches 60
The Japan Times   05 January 2020   Indonesia   Jakarta  
Rescuers search for missing people at a village hit by a landslide in Cigudeg, West Java, Indonesia, on Saturday. | AP
JAKARTA – Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left at least 60 people dead in and around Indonesia’s capital, and rescuers struggled to search for people apparently buried under tons of mud, officials said Saturday.
Big tsunami raked Mexico’s Yucatan coast 1,000 years ago
The Japan Times   06 March 2015   Mexico   Cancun  
Cancun beach - boulders
A wall of debris stretching about 30 miles (50 km) may be the remnants of a natural disaster that struck Mexico’s Caribbean coast more than 1,000 years ago in an area where tourists now flock to beach resorts and ancient Maya ruins.
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