One Person Still Missing Due To Landslides In Nganjuk

Evacuation of landslide victims (Photo: BNPB doc)

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) noted that one person was declared missing due to a landslide in Ngetos Village, Ngetos District, Nganjuk Regency, East Java.

"The joint team will continue to search for residents who are still missing," said Head of Disaster Data and Communication Committee Raditya Jati in his statement, Friday, February 19.

Raditya said, the total number of victims found by the joint team was 18 people dead and one person is still in search. Meanwhile, landslides resulted in 20 injuries.

"In addition to the casualties, this landslide also resulted in material losses as many as 8 houses were severely damaged," he said.

Meanwhile, the local BPBD recorded that as many as 54 families or 186 affected people and 139 families from Ngetos Village were still displaced after a landslide in the yard of SD Negeri 3 Ngetos, Ngetos District, Nganjuk Regency, East Java.

The Nganjuk Regency Government has determined the emergency response status for the Nganjuk flood and landslide disaster for 14 days, starting from February 15, 2021 to February 28, 2021.

The determination of this status was issued through the Regent's Decree Number 188 of 2021 concerning the determination of the emergency response status for floods in several districts, in the Nganjuk Regency area and landslides in Selopuro Hamlet, Ngetos Village, Ngetos District, Nganjuk Regency.