17 Jenazah Ditemukan, 4 Hilang di Deli Serdang Disorot Dunia
17 People Killed, 4 Missing in Western Indonesia Floods
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
TIM PENOLONG pada Senin menemukan 17 jasad dari 20 mahasiswa dan dua pemandu yang dinyatakan hilang akibat diterjang banjir bandang dan tanah longsor yang terjadi di kawasan wisata air terjun di Deli Serdang, Sumatera Utara, kata pejabat setempat.
Seorang mahasiswa ditemukan selamat dan kini dirawat di rumah sakit, kata Darwin Surbakti, Pelaksana Tugas (Plt) Kepala BPBD (Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah) Deliserdang, Darwin Surbakti. Pencarian keempat orang korban yang masih hilang akan dilanjutkan hari ini.
"Tim penyelamat telah menemukan 17 jenazah, yang 14 telah ditemukan sementara tiga lainnya masih di bawah reruntuhan," kata Surbakti.
Bencana banjir bandang terjadi pada Minggu ketika lebih dari 70 mahasiswa mengunjungi air terjun Dua Warna di Sibolangit, provinsi Sumatera Utara.
Enam mayat ditemukan sekitar tiga kilometer di hilir dari air terjun, kata Surbakti.
Sementara Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, juru bicara Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) mengatakan 300 penyelamat termasuk tentara, polisi dan tim dari Badan SAR Nasional telah dikerahkan untuk mencari korban.
Musim hujan kerap mengakibatkan banjir dan tanah longsor di Indonesia, negara dengan 17.000 pulau dan jutaan penduduk hidup di daerah pegunungan atau dataran yang rawan banjir dekat dengan sungai, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
RESCUERS on Monday found the bodies of 17 people who were among 20 university students and two guides who went missing in rain-triggered floods and landslides at a popular waterfall in western Indonesia, an official said.
One student was found alive and was being treated at a hospital, said Darwin Surbakti, an official from the local Disaster Management Agency. The search for the four people still missing was to be resumed Tuesday.
"Rescuers have discovered 17 bodies, of which 14 have been recovered while three others are still under the rubble," Surbakti said.
The disaster occurred Sunday as more than 70 students were visiting the Dua Warna waterfall in Sibolangit in North Sumatra province.
Six bodies were found about 3 kilometers (2 miles) downstream from the waterfall, Surbakti said.
In Jakarta, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency, said 300 rescuers including soldiers, police and teams from the National Search and Rescue Agency had been mobilized to search for the victims.
Seasonal rains often cause flooding and landslides in Indonesia, a chain of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or flood-prone plains close to rivers.
