Forms Of 3 Evacuation Teams For Padangsidimpuan Flood Victims, North Sumatra, SAR Teams Fly Drones

The Joint SAR Team formed three teams in the search for flood victims that hit Padangsidimpuan City, North Sumatra (North Sumatra).

The team consists of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Medan together with relevant policy makers.

"Since the first day of the search, we have divided three teams into several search sectors involving relevant policy makers," said Head of the Medan Basarnas Office Hery Marantika in Medan, Wednesday, March 19, as quoted by Antara.

He said the team consisted of the Search and Rescue Unit I to the Search and Rescue Unit III which carried out various search tasks with the necessary equipment.

Search and Rescue Unit I conducted a search using a rubber boat by sweeping along the river flow starting from the location around the flood victim's house, Search and Rescue Unit II conducted a search using a landing craft rubber boat starting from the location around the victim's house with a focus on piles of garbage and wood stuck in the river.

Search and Rescue Unit III conducts a search by searching the land around the riverbank to the downstream of the river and also by visualizing it by flying a thermal drone belonging to the Mandailing Natal SAR Post.

Hery Marantika said that since the search operation was carried out after the flood that occurred on Friday, March 14 in Padangsidimpuan City, the joint team has found one victim who was dragged about 6 kilometers from the victim's house.

The body of Bangun Hutabarat (70), a resident of Sihitang Village, Padangsidempuan Tenggara District, Padangsidempuan City, was found Tuesday, March 18, at 13.30 WIB.

He explained the unfortunate incident when the victim and one of his family were swept away by the flood while the two were asleep so they did not have time to save themselves and were declared missing.

"The victim's body was found stuck on the land buried by branches and grass due to a sweep of flash floods and landslides caused by the overflow of the Batang ayumi River. One more victim is being searched," he said.