{"id":4870,"date":"2026-01-21T16:52:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/?p=4870"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:52:39","slug":"mother-and-infant-missing-after-flash-flood-collapses-home-in-balis-tabanan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/mother-and-infant-missing-after-flash-flood-collapses-home-in-balis-tabanan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother and Infant Missing After Flash Flood Collapses Home in Bali\u2019s Tabanan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A sudden surge from an overflowing river destroyed a house in the early hours of Wednesday, sweeping away a 29-year-old woman and her one-year-old daughter as search teams comb the area.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TABANAN, Bali<\/strong> \u2014 A devastating flash flood triggered by torrential overnight rain collapsed a family home in Tabanan Regency early Wednesday, January 21, 2026, leaving a mother and her infant daughter missing and presumed swept away by the current.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident occurred around 4:00 AM in Kuwum Ancak hamlet, Marga District. The victims have been identified as Yuliana Da Costa Makun, 29, and her one-year-old daughter, Audrey Natania Banafanu. As of Wednesday afternoon, a large-scale joint search and rescue (SAR) operation involving local authorities, the military, police, the National SAR Agency (Basarnas)<\/strong>, disaster management officials, and volunteers was actively searching for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Dudy Librana, Field Coordinator for the Denpasar Class A Search and Rescue Office, intense rainfall caused the Subak Jemanik River to swell rapidly. The situation was critically worsened by the collapse of a riverbank retaining structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The condition was exacerbated by the collapse of a foundation embankment in the river flow. As a result, the floodwaters directly hit the back of the victim’s house. Instantly, the house collapsed and the victims were swept away by the current,” Librana explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intensified Search Operation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Search teams have been divided into two units\u2014one scouring the riverbanks by land and another navigating the waterway itself. Efforts are currently concentrated within a two-kilometer radius downstream from the point where the family was last seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“If there are no obstacles in the field, the search will be expanded to the river mouth,” Librana stated, indicating that operations would continue and widen throughout the day.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The tragedy underscores the severe and sudden impact of seasonal weather in Bali, where intense rainfall can rapidly transform calm rivers into destructive torrents, posing direct threats to riverside communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey Bali News<\/a> reports on local incidents and emergency responses to keep the community informed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A sudden surge from an overflowing river destroyed a house in the early hours of Wednesday, sweeping away a 29-year-old woman and her one-year-old daughter as search teams comb the area. TABANAN, Bali \u2014 A devastating flash flood triggered by torrential overnight rain collapsed a family home in Tabanan Regency early Wednesday, January 21, 2026, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_food_recipe":[],"enable_food_recipe":"","food_recipe_title":"","food_recipe_description":"","food_recipe_serve":"","food_recipe_time":"","food_recipe_prep":"","food_recipe_level":"","food_recipe_keywords":"","food_recipe_category":"","food_recipe_cuisine":"","food_recipe_yield":"","food_recipe_calories":"","enable_print_recipe":"","ingredient":[],"instruction":"","jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"","type":"","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[],"bad":[],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[],"price":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,51,53],"tags":[47,106,146,82,590,371,514,54,384,555,55],"class_list":["post-4870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bali-news","category-bali-update","category-weather-natural-events","tag-bali","tag-bali-expat","tag-bali-life","tag-bali-tourism","tag-bali-weather","tag-natural-disasters","tag-natural-events","tag-news","tag-search-and-rescue-sar","tag-tabanan","tag-weather"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}