The death toll due to Landslides Banjarnegara So 61 People

BANJARNEGARA-The death toll of successful Joint SAR team found since the landslide hit Jemblung Village, village, district of Sampang Karangkobar, Banjarnegara district, on Friday, December 12, and then became the 61 people.

"Today, until 10: 00 PM EST, we found 5 bodies, so that the overall total of 61 bodies have been found," said Kapolres Banjarnegara AKBP Wika Hardianto on location avalanche, Tuesday (16/12/2014).

The process of identifying the corpses of victims involves a team of "Disaster Victim Identification" (DVI) Polda Jateng. He adds, not all of the bodies that were found were citizens of the hamlet of Jemblung.

The calculation result it, the number of residents of the village Jemblung which was buried by the landslide is estimated to be as many as 108 people. "The problem is this, once identified, people (found) in the car yesterday was not the person Jemblung, an outsider," he said.

Therefore, he said, it will also identify the car or motorcycle is found in landslide deposits.

Wika wish remains sunny weather conditions, so that the corpses of victims of the search process can take place quickly. "His expectations, a heavy equipment can enter the location of the landslide to speed up the search process but now sacrifice haven't been able to," he said.

Meanwhile, the head of the Office of the SAR Semarang Agus Haryanto admitted, it has not dared to drop heavy equipment to the site of the landslide because very prone. "The condition of the soil was still loose and prone to landslides," he said.

The radar on the ground, the rain with intesitas'm making Karang River overflew the region at 11 a.m. EDT since Karangkobar, making the process of searching for victims while the process is stopped.

(ris) okezone.com