More landslide victims found

More landslide victims found

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb
The Jakarta Post/Padang

Six more bodies were recovered from the scene of Friday's
landslide in Gaung subdistrict, Padang, which claimed 22 lives.
Three other people are still missing.

Two of the bodies -- those of Edismer, 17, and Yuli, 16 --
were found by rescue workers on Monday, with four others being
found earlier on Sunday.

The two victims found on Monday were siblings, the children of
fisherman Edismet and his wife Imelda. The couple died in the
disaster while of their five children, only 10-year-old Sherli
survived as she was staying with her grandmother at the time of
the disaster.

Padang Mayor Fauzi Bahar, said on Monday that the rescue
effort would continue until all three missing people were found.

The three have been identified as Adek, 25; Agung, 4; and
Dedep, 15. Adek and Agung are the children of Nasir, whose lost
most of his family to the landslide.

The disaster happened before daybreak on Friday when Gaung
Hill collapsed, completely destroying nine houses and a cemetery,
following two days of torrential rain since Thursday.

On Sunday, the central government and local administrations
announced a plan to relocate residents of the area to a new
location in Aiepacah, which is around eight kilometers away.

The Padang landslide is the second worst in the country this
year since mountains of garbage in Leuwigajah, Bandung, collapsed
in February, killing 143 people living nearby.