Search for flood victims resumes

Search for flood victims resumes

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Search and rescue workers on Friday
resumed their efforts to locate dozens of people who had gone
missing in the flash flood that wiped out a popular resort in
North Sumatra province on Nov. 2, Antara reported.

"Beginning today (Friday), we resume our search for the
missing people after a break on the occasion of the Idul Fitri
festivities," Jaya Sitepu, head of the Bahorok subdistrict
administration, told the news agency.

He said the resumption of the operation began in the morning
and had focused on the left and right banks of the Bahorok river
near the Bukit Lawang tourist resort.

But by the end of the day the search and rescue workers came
home empty handed.

The flash flood killed at least 157 people, including six
foreign tourists, while 82 others were missing. At least 400
homes, 35 hotels and tens of hectares of farmland were destroyed.

The Bukit Lawang tourist resort is also known for its
orangutan rehabilitation center. -- Antara