32 Tewas, Tanggap Darurat Longsor Cisolok Sukabumi Dihentikan
Indonesia Landslide Death Toll reaches 32: Official
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
SEDIKITNYA 32 orang tewas akibat tanah longsor di kawasan perbukitan Gunung Surandil, Kecamatan Cisolok, Sukabumi hingga hari terakhir kegiatan pencarian dan evakuasi korban bencana alam menjelang tutup tahun, Minggu (31/12).
Tim pencari dan penyelamat (Basarnas) mengakhiri kegiatan evakuasi korban dengan seorang korban belum ditemukan setelah hujan lebat memicu tanah longsor di Kabupaten Sukabumi, Provinsi Jawa Barat tersebut.
Sejumlah korban menderita cedera berat dan ringan.
"Pencarian korban dihentikan," kata Kapolda Jabar, Irjen Pol Agung Budi Maryoto
"Hanya satu korban yang belum ditemukan dan keluarga telah ikhlas menerimanya."
Tanah longsor biasa terjadi di Indonesia, sebuah kepulauan tropis yang luas yang rawan bencana alam dan hujan lebat.
Lebih dari 20 orang meninggal pada Oktober ketika banjir bandang dan tanah longsor melanda beberapa provinsi di pulau Sumatra, Indonesia bagian barat.
Pada Juni 2016, hampir 50 orang meninggal ketika banjir dan tanah longsor melanda Provinsi Jawa Tengah seperti dikutip AFP yang dilansir MailOnline.
AT LEAST 32 people were killed by a landslide in Indonesia on New Year's Eve, authorities said Monday as they ended a week-long search for missing victims.
Rescuers who have been pulling bodies from mountains of mud called off the search with one person still unaccounted for after heavy rains triggered the deadly slides in West Java province.
Several others were injured in the December 31 disaster.
"The search has wrapped up," said West Java police chief Agung Budi Maryoto.
"Just one victim has not yet been found and the family has accepted it."
Landslides are common in Indonesia, a vast tropical archipelago prone to natural disasters and torrential downpours.
More than 20 people died in October when flash floods and landslides hit several provinces on Sumatra island, western Indonesia.
In June 2016, nearly 50 people died when floods and landslides struck Central Java province.