WEST LOMBOK - The evacuation team managed to find the body of a flash flood victim in Batulayar Air Hamlet, West Batulayar Village, Batulayar District, West Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara on behalf of H Suri (65).
The victim was found 50 meters from his house under a pile of wood and a tin roof in a slanted position in North Batulayar Hamlet, West Batulayar Village, Batulayar District, West Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) at around 15.17 WITA.
"Alhamdulillah, the body of the late H Suri was found at 15:17 WITA. His position was found 50 meters from his brother's house in a sloping position covered by a tin roof and piles of wood," said Danrem 162/Wirabhakti TNI Brigadier General Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani in North Batulayar Hamlet, Batulayar Village. West quoted Antara, Tuesday, December 7th.
Danrem said the victim was first discovered by a joint team of TNI, Polri and Basarnas. When it was found, the house of the victim H Suri had been razed to the ground due to the heavy flash floods that occurred on Monday, December 6.
"Before he died, the victim had time to save his cattle, but because of the strong current, the deceased was swept away by the flood," he said.
According to him, with the discovery of H Suri, the total number of victims of flash floods in Batulayar Utara Hamlet, Batulayar Barat Village, West Lombok Regency has increased to five people.
The process of searching for H Suri's body took a long time from Monday to Tuesday, December 7, given the fairly difficult terrain. Participate in the process of evacuating the bodies of Danrem 162/WB Brigadier General Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani and Dirsamapta Polda NTB Kombes Pol Fredo Situmorang assisted by residents.
After being successfully evacuated with the agreement of the family and all parties, the victim H Suri was immediately buried in the local hamlet.
Earlier on Monday, December 6, four residents of North Batulayar Hamlet, West Batulayar Village, Batulayar District, Lombok Regency were reported dead and one is still missing due to flash floods.
"There are four people who died and one is still missing, because it was hit by a flash flood," said Batulayar sub-district head Afgan Kusumanegara.
He said the four residents who died, including Sumiahana (35), Ladenia aged 6 months, Sumiati (40), Papuk Temah (65) and one person is still missing on behalf of H Suri (65) and one person suffered serious injuries. broken leg on behalf of Hj Salemah.
"There are those who were swept away, hit by a tree, and crushed by a house. Those who are missing are still being searched," he said.
According to Afgan, the number of victims of the flash flood in North Batulayar Hamlet, West Batulayar Village is 150 families (KK).
"Data on infrastructure damage is still being collected," he said.
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