[1] Starting on 6 July, torrential rains struck several regions of Indonesia including Bone Bolango, which caused an embankment to break, resulting in floods reaching as high as 3 meters (10 feet) deep in five villages, impacting nearly 300 houses, and forcing over 1,000 people to evacuate.
[2] At least twelve people were killed in the landslide and had to be pulled out of the mud, including a four-year-old child and three women.
Rescue operations were complicated by heavy rainfall and other landslides blocking roads necessary to get to the site of the disaster, forcing personnel to walk over 20 kilometers (12.43 miles) to reach the encampment.
[3] By 9 July, rescuers were able to recover 23 bodies and rescue 23 more living villagers, including 18 who were injured, leaving 35 more people missing.
Detection dogs were brought to the site to aid in recovery, while video taken from Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency showed rescuers using farm tools and their bare hands to dig out deceased villagers from the rubble.