Korban Tewas Akibat Banjir dan Longsor di Purworejo jadi 47
Death Toll in Indonesia Landslides, Flooding Rises to 47
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
KORBAN TEWAS akibat tanah longsor dan banjir di Provinsi Jawa Tengah meningkat menjadi 47 pada Senin setelah petugas penyelamat menemukan beberapa mayat lagi, kata seorang pejabat.
Puluhan rumah yang terkubur di tanah longsor dan ribuan rumah terendam banjir di 16 kabupaten dan kota di Provinsi Jawa Tengah selama akhir pekan.
Juru bicara Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho mengatakan tim penyelamat menemukan 12 mayat lagi pada Senin, termasuk empat di dua desa yang terdampak paling parah di Kabupaten Purworejo.
Nugroho mengatakan sekitar 450 petugas penyelamat termasuk tentara, polisi dan relawan terus mencari 15 warga desa yang masih hilang di Purworejo.
Dia meminta warga di daerah rawan longsor untuk tetap waspada karena lebih banyak tanah longsor yang bakal terjadi dan masih ada potensi untuk hujan lebat.
Hujan musiman sering menyebabkan banjir dan tanah longsor di Indonesia, negara kepulauan 17.000 pulau. Sebagian besar dari 256 juta penduduk bermukim di daerah pegunungan atau dataran rendah rawan banjir dekat dengan aliran sungai seperti dikutip Associated Press yang dilansir MailOnline.
THE DEATH toll from landslides and flooding on the Indonesian island of Java rose to 47 on Monday after rescue workers discovered more bodies, an official said.
Dozens of houses were buried in the landslides and thousands of homes were inundated by floods in 16 districts and towns in Central Java province over the weekend.
National Disaster Management Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said rescuers found 12 more bodies on Monday, including four in two villages in the worst-hit district of Purworejo.
Nugroho said about 450 rescue workers including soldiers, police and volunteers continued to search for 15 villagers still missing in Purworejo.
He called on residents of the affected areas to remain vigilant because more landslides are possible and there is still potential for heavy rains.
Seasonal rains often cause flooding and landslides in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands. Many of its 256 million people live in mountainous areas or flood-prone plains close to rivers.
