” The landslide region provides exposure to hot spring, so there’s a probability that travellers were hit by it”, he told AFP on Tuesday.
” We are also removing the mud and debris from the flood, and we are thinking about finding more sufferers,” the company said.
A recovery operation was taking place in a town in Deli Serdang region, where four persons have been found dead and two more have not been found. There were also piles of stones, mud, and logs all around the town.
” The power was cut off and there is no cellphone welcome, making it difficult for us firefighters to communicate”, Iman Sitorus, a localized search and rescue company spokeswoman, told AFP.
He claimed that officials have also used powerful tools to remove the dirt.
Specialists claim that climate change has increased the likelihood of a string of recent extreme weather events in Indonesia.
At least 67 people died in May when charcoal, dust, and pebbles from the Mount Marapi explosion in West Sumatra were strewn into residential places, causing flash floods.
Following a previous statement that listed another one dead, the crisis organization on Monday revised its list to 15 useless and seven missing.
Following the discovery of the five systems in the Karo city on Tuesday, the death toll increased to 20.
The rest of the patients were found in South Tapanuli, Padang Lawas and Deli Serdang regions.