Cikarang, W Java – Bekasi district government’s COVID-19 task force has actually reserved 100 rooms at Cikarang Ibis Hotel for asymptomatic coronavirus clients whose homes were impacted by the heavy flooding reported in a minimum of 12 sub-districts on Monday.
The COVID-19 job force’s deputy chief, Sen.Coms.Hendra Gunawan, told reporters that locals detected with an asymptomatic coronavirus infection were relocated to the hotel at 10 a.m. regional time.
The task force workers are coordinating with their counterparts from the Bekasi Catastrophe Mitigation Company (BPBD) to recognize and register flood victims who fulfill the criteria to be evacuated to the hotel, he informed.
” We attract all sub-district authorities chiefs to assist evacuate the flood victims whose status is asymptomatic patients by involving local health employees,” he stated.
According to the Bekasi Catastrophe Mitigation Company (BPBD), heavy flooding inundated a minimum of 12 sub-districts in Bekasi district, West Java, after downpours lashed the locations on Saturday and Sunday.
The floodwaters, reaching between 30 and 150 centimeters in height, swamped affected locations in the 12 sub-districts, the agency’s acting head, Henri Lincoln, stated earlier.
The affected sub-districts include Cibitung, Tambun Utara, Tambun Selatan, Cikarang Utara, Cabangbungin, Pebayuran, Sukawangi, Sukakarya, Cikarang Timur, Sukatani, Babelan, and Kecamatan Muaragembong, Lincoln mentioned.
In addition to flooding, a “puting beliung” (whirlwind) likewise struck Tamansari town, Setu sub-district, he kept in mind. At least 38 houses were damaged and 35 houses suffered small damages in its wake, he added.
Helped by local cops and military personnel, the Bekasi district administration’s catastrophe relief workers are dealing with 5,672 impacted families in several flooded locations, he stated.
At least 13,021 homes have reportedly borne the brunt of a landslide and flood that has actually swamped 92 areas in 27 towns and communities, Lincoln informed.
The torrential rains that lashed various parts of Bekasi district on Saturday and Sunday triggered the Ciherang, Cibeet, and Citarum rivers to overflow their banks, he said.
As part of catastrophe mitigation efforts, the district government has released numerous inflatable boats to assist evacuate those in requirement, while the police and military personnel have developed relief centers and dispersed aid bundles.
Lincoln advised regional homeowners to remain alert for possible extreme weather condition in future.
Different parts of Indonesia are susceptible to natural disasters. In the very first 2 months of 2021, several hydrological catastrophes have occurred on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi. (INE)
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