Ikin (70) was found with so many injuries on his body, Head of Ciamis natural disaster mitigation office Odang Ruhiyat Widjaja said here Monday evening.
He said the injuries might have been caused by stones and wood logs hitting the victim`s body when carried by the currents.
Ikin`s body had been evacuated to a local health center, he said.
The muddy flooding did not only claim a the life of a person, but also threatened the those of at least 100 families.
According to Head of the Ciamis district`s volunteers for natural disaster response division, Ade Deni, due to their great fear of another flooding and landslide, more than 100 families planned to take refuge to higher grounds.
"The number of these families may continue to rise," he said, adding that the rescue workers had prepared two emergency tents for about 70 refugees.
Ade Deni said the displaced people did not only go the emergency tents but also to the Cihaurbeuti subdistrict office and the houses of their neighbors and relatives.
The local government was expected to transport humanitarian aid packages to the displaced people, he said.
The muddy floods inundated several hundreds of houses in the village after torrential rain in the area triggered a landslide on Monday at 3 PM local time.
The landslide materials fell into the village river and caused overflowing, he said.
Over the past year, Indonesia has been undergoing an extreme weather phenomenon, which was partly characterized with heavy rains and whirlwinds.
As the consequence of the torrential rains and whirlwinds, various vulnerable parts of the country have experienced flash floods and landslides.
Floods had also inundated around 6,761 houses in five sub-districts of Pandeglang district, Banten province, since Sunday evening.(*)
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