Amateur Video Moments Landslide piled Hundreds of Houses in Banjarnegara
SECOND-SECOND SLIDING BANJARNEGARA, CENTRAL JAVA
Landslides occurred on Friday night (12/12). Jemblung hamlet, in Banjarnegara district is in a small valley, with hills behind it.
Rain falling continuously for two days caused landslides and sweeping the hill village of more than 300 people. About 200 people can save themselves.
The rest were declared missing until now, in the midst of search efforts by a joint team of Army, Police, Sar Agency, Red Cross, Regional Disaster Management Agency, and a number of community organizations in the field of disaster.
Muhammad Najib, one of the officers at the post Subdistrict Karangkobar told VOA, the data missing victims still difficult to determine with certainty, because the data is the number of people who have not been clear. But certainly more than 100 people are still buried under the avalanche.
"If the actual number of sources could not confirm, but more or less buried around 100, there are 35 homes, consists of about 82 households. Its location, because it is in the ravine, the vehicle difficult to go there. From the street, the location of avalanche about 50 meters below the main road. So it is also buried in the village, so that vehicles can not enter there, "said Muhammad Najib.
Until 14:00 on Saturday, a joint team to search the victim has found 12 deaths. Search hampered by weather and rough terrain, because the access roads were cut off by landslides.
According to the coordinator of the joint team, Lt. Col. Inf. Edy Rohmatullah, there are 600 personnel in this team. To help search for victims, the team has used the equipment life and acoustic locator device to detect the heartbeat and the movement under a landslide.
Head of the Indonesian Red Cross Headquarters, Banjarnegara, said Edi Purwanto told VOA, the concentration is now also given to the handling of survivors. About 40 injured in the middle of treatment, and about 400 people were displaced in the five-point displacement.
"In general we do service, both for the survivors and for the injured. We no personnel in the field but also focus on helping victims who is now a refugee, "said Edi Purwanto.
Banjarnegara is a district that has a mountainous area with a fairly high risk of landslides. On Thursday (11/12) and Friday (12/12) yesterday, at least landslides in 25 locations although on a small scale.
Jemblung landslide in the village is the largest. Victims feared far more than expected, because it not only from local residents, but also across inter-district road users who pass through the region. At least two deaths been recorded from a car when it was passing there.
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Deskripsi : Amateur Video Moments Landslide piled Hundreds of Houses in Banjarnegara SECOND-SECOND SLIDING BANJARNEGARA, CENTRAL JAVA Landslides occ...
