In a tragic turn-of-events heavy rainfall hit the hill-side communities of Sukabumi Indonesia last week. The non-stop downpour made local rivers overflow causing wide-spread destruction in the mountain-area.
Lt. Col. Yudi Hariyanto who leads the rescue operation in West Java reported that search teams found 10 people who didnt survive the disaster (while two residents remain unfound). The flood-waters and land-slides brought down massive amounts of debris: rocks trees and mud affected over 170 small settlements in the region
The rescue command post coordinates efforts in the hard-hit district where mountain hamlets got the worst impact from natureʼs fury. Local emergency teams keep working in affected areas — searching through mud-covered territories and flood-damaged zones to find missing people