Major accident on Java island of Indonesia, flood caused devastation, 17 people died, 8 missing

Jakarta: Flash floods and landslides caused massive devastation on Indonesia's Java island. So far 17 people have died in this accident, while 8 people are still missing. Officials said that 17 bodies were found during relief and rescue operations. All these people were washed away in the flood waters or buried under debris and rocks in the villages in the hilly areas. The rescue team is trying to find the missing people.

Giving this information, local disaster management head Bergus Katursari said that heavy rains caused flooding in the Pekalongan area of ​​Central Java province on Monday. After which the flood engulfed nine villages. In the hilly areas, soil and rocks slipped from the slopes, causing many trees to fall.

17 bodies were taken out

Rescue workers said that as of Tuesday, 17 bodies had been pulled out from Petungkriyono village. Apart from this, eight villagers are still missing, the search for whom is going on. Catursari also reported that eleven people were injured, but they managed to escape and were sent for treatment to nearby hospitals.

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Police, soldiers and rescue workers are searching for people

Police, soldiers and rescue workers were working with digging machines, farm equipment and their hands to search for people trapped under the debris, according to TV reports on Tuesday. They were searching for the dead and missing in the destroyed villages. At the same time, some people were carrying the victims in bamboo stretchers or body bags to ambulances or trucks.

Due to this, there is interruption in work

Catursari said rescue efforts were hampered due to bad weather, landslides and difficult terrain. He said that people fishing in the river and taking shelter from the rain were washed away in the sudden flood.

Always floods and landslides

Rains from October to March often cause floods and landslides in Indonesia. Indonesia is made up of 17,000 islands, where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near flood plains.