Magelang (ANTARA) - A joint search and rescue (SAR) team expanded the\nsearch area for two victims of the Merapi lahar flood along the Senowo\nRiver in Dukun, Magelang Regency, who had not yet been found, to seven\nkilometres from the incident location.<\/p>\n
The Coordinator of the Joint SAR, Arif Yulianto, in Magelang, on\nFriday, said on the fourth day of the search operation the teams were\ndivided into three Search and Rescue Units (SRUs) to speed up the\nprocess of locating the missing victims.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth manual searches and using heavy equipment. SRU 1 widened the\nsearch area from the incident site to about 400 metres up to the dam\nusing two heavy machines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
SRU 2 was focused at the point where the second victim, named Heru,\nwas found. The team also expanded the search area at that location with\nthe aid of heavy equipment.<\/p>\n
On the fourth day of the search operation, he said, the SAR team also\nreceived additional heavy equipment support to accelerate the removal of\nmaterial.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlhamdulillah today there is an additional one heavy equipment unit,\nso the total heavy equipment that can be deployed in the search\noperation is four units,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
However, the search process still faces several field constraints.\nOne of them is the thickness of sand and rock materials carried by the\nMerapi lahar flood.<\/p>\n
The Merapi lahar flood struck the Senowo River on Tuesday afternoon\n(3 March). The incident resulted in three residents dying, while two\nothers remain missing.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/sar-team-expands-search-for-merapi-lahar-flood-victims-1772784239", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }