20 Tewas Imbas Banjir dan Longsor di Sumut jadi Sorotan Media Internasional
Rescuers Recover 20 Bodies from Flash Floods and Landslides on Sumatra
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Dhelia Gani
TIM penyelamat dari Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) telah menemukan 20 jenazah dan sedang mencari dua warga desa yang masih hilang setelah banjir bandang menimpa di pulau Sumatra menyebabkan lumpur dan batu berjatuhan dari lereng gunung, kata para pejabat pada hari Selasa.
Hujan deras selama akhir pekan menyebabkan sungai meluap di empat distrik perbukitan di Provinsi Sumatra Utara, menghanyutkan rumah-rumah dan menghancurkan pertanian.
Empat jenazah lagi ditemukan di Kabupaten Karo pada Senin malam, sehingga totalnya menjadi 10, kata juru bicara BNBP Abdul Muhari seperti dikutip PA Media yang dilansir MailOnline.
Banjir bandang juga menyebabkan empat tewas di Kabupaten Deli Serdang, dan petugas penyelamat masih mencari dua orang yang tersapu.
Sebelumnya, tim penyelamat menemukan dua jenazah pada dua desa di Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan, dan empat anggota keluarga, termasuk dua anak-anak, di Harang Julu, sebuah desa di lereng gunung di kabupaten Padang Lawas.
Hujan musiman sekitar bulan Oktober hingga Maret sering menyebabkan banjir dan tanah longsor di Indonesia, negara kepulauan dengan 17.000 pulau tempat jutaan orang tinggal di daerah pegunungan atau dekat dataran banjir yang subur.
INDONESIAN rescuers have recovered 20 bodies and are looking for two villagers who remain missing after flash floods on Sumatra island caused mud and rocks to tumble down mountainsides, officials said on Tuesday.
Torrential rains over the weekend caused rivers to burst their banks in four hilly districts in North Sumatra province, washing away houses and destroying farms.
Four more bodies were recovered in Karo Regency on Monday evening, taking the total there to 10, National Disaster Management Agency spokesman Abdul Muhari said.
Flash floods also left four people dead in Deli Serdang district, and rescue workers were still searching for two people who were swept away.
Earlier, rescuers recovered two bodies in villages in South Tapanuli district, and four members of a family, including two children, in Harang Julu, a mountainside village in Padang Lawas district.
Seasonal rain from about October to March frequently causes flooding and landslides in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood plains.
