The search attempts have been continued on WednesdayMakassar, S Sulawesi (ANTARA) - Local rescuers have continued their attempts to locate 10 victims, who are still missing since flash floods hit Luwu Utara District's areas on July 13, a spokesman of Makassar-based Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) stated.
"The search attempts have been continued on Wednesday," spokesman of Makassar-based Basarnas Hamsidar remarked.
The flash floods affected 1,591 residents, of which 1,543 survived the disaster, while 38 others lost their lives, and 10 others were still missing, he noted.
The spokesman confirmed that 34 of the 38 bodies were identified, while four others had yet to be examined by the South Sulawesi Police's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) personnel, he revealed.
The disaster had resulted in the forced displacement of 14,438 residents and submerged 4,202 houses, nine school buildings, 12 mosques, and a church, according to Hamsidar.
Luwu Utara District Head Indah Putri Indriani pointed to torrential rains having triggered landslides in over 20 areas around the slope of Mount Lero heading to Radda River.
Makassar-based Basarnas Head Mustari had earlier stated that several households in the sub-districts of Masamba, Sabbang, Baebunta, Baebunta Selatan, Malangke, and Malangke Barat had borne the brunt of the flash flood.
The flash flood, triggered by torrential rains on July 13 that caused the Masamba, Rongkang, and Radda rivers to overflow their banks, also resulted in the forced displacement of 655 people from 156 households, according to the Luwu Utara Disaster Mitigation Agency.
Over the past three weeks, flash floods affected several areas in Indonesia.
Seven sub-districts in Lamandau District, Central Kalimantan Province; Pasir Village, Meulaboh, West Aceh District, Aceh Province; and Kapuas Hulu District, West Kalimantan Province, were among the affected areas.
In Lamandau District, Central Kalimantan Province, flash floods left no less than 2,814 people, or 1,402 families, in 33 villages in seven sub-districts in a lurch.
On July 13, Hendra Lesmana, the Lamandau District head, claimed that this spate of flooding was the worst of its kind to have ever hit the district.
The local authorities have evacuated flood victims to safer places. The flooding also severed land transportation in the wake of several roads being swamped by floodwaters.
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