Large equipment had earlier been deployed to the worst-hit Kasimpar community to browse through the bones of the house of a local formal as well as a shop where more patients are thought to have been buried as they sought sanctuary from the weather.
” We are focusing on those two areas and the local river. Patients might have been carried to the creek because of the present,” Budiono said before on Thursday.
At least 13 people were even injured in the flood, according to search and rescue organization Basarnas.
Indonesia is liable to landslides during the rainy season, usually between November and April, but some disasters caused by severe weather have taken spot outside that year in recent years.
Climate change has even increased the strength of winds, leading to heavier storms, flash floods and stronger storms.
In May, at least 67 people died after large storms caused flash floods in West Sumatra, pushing a mixture of dust, sand, and rocks from the eruption of Mount Marapi into residential areas.