The SAR team found a housewife buried by a landslide dead in Central Lembur Village, Sukanagara Village, Peundeuy District, Garut Regency.
Head of the Bandung SAR Office (Basarnas) Jumaril said the victim, Yayah (50), was found after three days of being declared missing buried by landslides on Saturday, July 8 afternoon.
"At 14:10 WIB the victim was found dead with an excavator in sector 1, then at 14:22 WIB the victim was evacuated to the funeral home," said Jumaril in Garut, Monday, July 10, quoted by Antara.
He said, Yayah was buried by a landslide while washing dishes not far from his house.
The SAR team jumped to the location after learning about the information.
Search efforts, he said, were carried out by dividing the team, then lowering one heavy equipment excavator to facilitate the search for victims buried by landslides, until finally the victim was found.
"The victim has been found, so the SAR operation is declared complete, all SAR elements return to their respective units," he said.
Head of the Emergency Section of the Garut Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Wardi Sudrajat, added that the rain in the southern Garut area caused a landslide that hit a resident while washing dishes around the cliff.
The landslide, he said, not only caused residents to be buried, but resulted in damage to the 3 hectares of rice fields.
"The impact of this landslide destroyed the rice fields, approximately 3 hectares, while the rice fields were threatened with approximately 1 hectare," he said.
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He conveyed that the buried victim made his staff from the Garut BPBD and other volunteer elements come down to help the process of searching for victims.
"We are trying to work together to clean up, trying to find survivors," he said.
The commander of Kodim 0611 Garut, Lt. Col. Czi Dhanisworo, stated that his staff participated in assisting the search and evacuation process for victims buried by landslides in Peundeuy.
He conveyed the search efforts by deploying a number of soldiers and also deploying sniffer dogs from Yonif 300 Raider Bratawijaya Cianjur to assist in the search for victims.
"We are searching for victims using two sniffer dogs belonging to Yonif 300 Brajawijaya to help carry out the search for Yaya," he said.
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