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No less than 17 individuals have died after being swept away in flash floods or buried beneath tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the Indonesian‘s primary island of Java, officers mentioned on Tuesday.
Eight extra individuals are nonetheless lacking.
Torrential rains on Monday brought on rivers to burst their banks, tearing by means of 9 villages in Pekalongan regency of Central Java province, as mud, rocks and bushes tumbled down on mountainside hamlets, mentioned Bergas Catursasi, who heads the native Catastrophe Administration Company.
He mentioned rescue staff by Tuesday had pulled out a minimum of 17 our bodies within the worst-hit village of Petungkriyono, and rescuers are trying to find eight villagers who’re reportedly nonetheless lacking. Eleven injured individuals managed to flee and had been rushed to close by hospitals, Catursari mentioned.
Tv reviews on Tuesday confirmed police, troopers and rescue staff used excavators, farm gear and their naked palms to sift by means of the rubble searching for the lifeless and lacking in devastated villages, whereas others carried victims on bamboo stretchers or physique baggage to ambulances or vans.
“Unhealthy climate, mudslides and rugged terrain hampered the rescue operation,” Catursari mentioned, including that individuals who had been fishing within the river and those that had been taking shelter from the rain had been swept away by flash floods.
A map of Petungkriono:
Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Company spokesperson Abdul Muhari mentioned flash floods swept away villagers and automobiles passing by means of devastated villages and triggered a landslide that buried two homes. The catastrophe additionally destroyed two primary bridges connecting villages in Pekalongan district.
Seasonal rain from about October to March regularly causes flooding and landslides in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands the place hundreds of thousands of individuals reside in mountainous areas or close to fertile floodplains.
Final month, a landslide, flash floods and robust winds hit the Sukabumi district of West Java province, killing 12 individuals. In November a landslide and flash floods triggered by heavy downpours hit Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, leaving 20 lifeless and two lacking. A landslide within the area additionally hit a vacationer bus that killed 9 individuals.
