Evacuation landslide in Banjarnegara enter the third day, 27 people dead

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Evacuation landslide in Banjarnegara enter the third day, 27 people dead

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Until Sunday (14/12) afternoon 27 people were found dead in a landslide in Banjarnegara

Entering the third day, a joint team of BNPB, BPBDs, military, police, Basarnas, Tagana, BMI, volunteers, NGOs and communities have found 27 dead victims were buried by landslides in Banjarnegara district, Central Java, said a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB ), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

"Currently, the number of victims there are 27 people died. The 81 people still missing. Search is focused in two places because according to glide avalanche that hit the settlement," said Sutopo the BBC Indonesia, Rizki Washarti.

Meanwhile, about 592 souls still displaced around 10 refugee camps.

Sutopo explained that food, clothing, sanitation and blankets are needed by the refugees.

A state of emergency was imposed in disaster response Banjarnegara until December 19.

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The weather has entered the rainy season makes some disaster-prone areas in Indonesia.

Therefore, Sutopo appealed to people to be vigilant.

"Many regions in Indonesia which has a character like Banjarnegara. So if we look at the map prone to landslides in Indonesia, a total of about 41 million people are exposed to the threat of landslides.

They live in areas prone to landslides, moderate to high. The trigger is a high-intensity rainfall, '' said Sutopo.

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Emergency response force in Banjarnegara until 19th December

According to the Head of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Andi Eka Sakya, heavy rains are expected to continue to occur in some parts of Indonesia.

"December 15, and the next few days, the high rainfall could potentially occur in Lampung, on the west coast of Sumatra, Central Java, eastern, East Java, NTB, southern Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi and the middle," said Andi.

Joko Widodo President visited the landslide site in Hamlet Jemblung, Banjarnegara, Sunday (14/12) afternoon.

He appealed to the evacuation process running quickly. (BBC)