LUBUKBASUNG - The Agam Regency Government Joint Team, West Sumatra found one victim buried by a landslide on behalf of Rina (50) in Jorong Pantas, Nagari Tanjung Sani.
Head of the Emergency and Logistics Division of the Agam Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Ichwan Pratama Danda said the bodies of the victims were found by a joint team from BPBD and Satpol PP Damkar Agam, PMI, Polri, TNI, residents and others about one meter behind his house.
"The victim's body was caught by landslide material and has been evacuated by boat to the Sarojo prayer room," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, July 15.
With the discovery of this one victim, the number of victims who were buried by landslides became two people.
Previously, the joint team also found the victim dead on behalf of Radi in Jorong Pantas, Nagari Tanjung Sani, Friday (14/7) at around 06.30 WIB.
At the time of the incident, three other people managed to survive from the landslide that hit the area. "The victim's house was damaged by the landslide," he said.
The rainfall was quite high on Thursday (13/7) afternoon until Friday (14/7) morning, causing landslides in Tanjung Raya District, precisely in Jorong Sungai Tampan, Sigiran, Pantas, Muko-muko, and Alai.
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The landslide caused dozens of houses to be affected, provincial roads and district roads to be buried by landslide material at several points.
Currently, there is already landslide material that has been cleaned using heavy equipment.
"The material cleaning is still ongoing in Nagari Tanjung Sani. It is hoped that the landslide material will be completed as soon as possible," he said.
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