Authorities in Indonesia’s North Sumatra state reported on Friday that at least 31 people had died as a result of a week of torrential rains that sparked flash floods and landslides.
According to Indonesia’s crisis company, the disaster has affected four regions, including Medan, where the floods have restricted access to areas with streets buried in debris, from rural regions like Sibolangit and Sayur Matinggi.
While temporary shelters are filling up quickly to support the displaced, firefighters are working in risky circumstances to certain access roads and search for missing people.
Tuahta Ramajaya Saragih, the mind of the disaster management organization in North Sumatra, stated that the organization has requested that the provincial government grant a declaration of disaster emergency status.
The risk of further tragedies is anticipated to remain high until at least first December, he said, adding that “high-intensity snowfall continues to afflict the place.”
The proposed position may facilitate the distribution of aid and mobilize national resources to assist tens of thousands of displaced people.
Search for victims
After a flood on Wednesday on the way from Medan area to Berastagi, police and rescue personnel searched for survivors buried in three vehicles and a visitor bus at the bottom of a mountain on Friday.
The steep international route is the main route from the funds, Medan, to different regions in the region.
Officials reported on Friday that more bodies were recovered from the vehicle, which had been buried beneath trees, mud, and rocks, as a result of an increase in the number of fatalities caused by the landslide, which was from seven to nine.
A North Sumatra police spokesperson told Reuters on Friday that” we still do n’t know how many people are still trapped.”
More than 10 people were injured in the event.
Indonesia, a tropical archipel of 17, 000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous regions or close to lush floodplains, usually experiences flooding and landslides from seasonal rains in October and March.
The La Nina sensation, which accelerates rainfall across Indonesia, has prompted severe weather warnings for the coming months.
