JAKARTA - The number of dead bodies from a flash flood six days ago in Langkat regency, North Sumatra province had inched up to 134 by Sunday and about the same number of people were still missing, an official said. "We have so far found 134 bodies of victims, 25 of them still unidentified," said Masri Zen, an official of the coordination post for the search efforts in the North Sumatran town of Bahorok.
Two bodies were found on Saturday before search efforts were halted for hours because of heavy rains, he said. He could not provide more details on the identity of the latest victims found. He said the bodies of six foreigners were among the dead found so far. "About 130 other people are still reported missing," Zen added. An official from the same office in Bahorok said Saturday that rescuers were still searching for 105 people.
The flood swept through Bahorok, 96 kilometers northwest of Medan, late Monday night, destroying more than 450 buildings and other structures. Bahorok is on the eastern fringes of a park that is home to a famed orangutan refuge popular with tourists who also go trekking and white-water rafting in the area.
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JAKARTA - The number of dead bodies from a flash flood six days ago in Langkat regency, North Sumatra province had inched up to 134 by Sunday and about the same number of people were still missing, an official said. "We have so far found 134 bodies of victims, 25 of them still unidentified," said Masri Zen, an official of the coordination post for the search efforts in the North Sumatran town of Bahorok.
