Jumat 14 Dec 2018 03:30 WIB

Floods kill six people in Riau: Rescue Agency

Over the past two months, floods have been inundating certain parts of Riau Province.

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National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) members evacuate Islamic boarding school students trapped by flood in Pesantren Darul Ulum, Siak Hulu, Kampar District, Riau Province, Wednesday (Dec 12).
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National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) members evacuate Islamic boarding school students trapped by flood in Pesantren Darul Ulum, Siak Hulu, Kampar District, Riau Province, Wednesday (Dec 12).

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU -- Floods that have been inundating certain parts of Riau Province in Sumatra Island over the past two months have claimed the lives of six people. Majority of the victims were children, the local search and rescue agency said.

The Pekanbaru National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) reported here that two of the six victims were found dead on Thursday. They were residents of Kampar District, who went missing for three days.

Walid (27) drowned in the overflowing Kampar River in Simpang Tibun Village, Kampar Subdistrict, and Mukhlis alias Ilik was found dead in Kuok Village, Bangkinang Barat Subdistrict.

According to the Basarnas spokesman, Kukuh Widodo, another victim, identified as Gilang (14), drowned in a creek of Payung Sekaki Subdistrict, Pekanbaru city.