Jakarta – A flood, set off by constant heavy rain, has declared two lives and impacted 27,808 individuals or 9,245 households in 29 villages of Bima District, West Nusa Tenggara Province, hsince Saturday.
” The Bima Catastrophe Mitigation Workplace (BPBD) reported that 2 local residents died in the catastrophe, and 9,245 households comprising 27,808 people were impacted,” Raditya Jati, the office’s representative, stated here on Sunday.
A number of individuals were displaced by the flooding, he added.
The flooding submerged 294 hectares of farming areas, 25 hectares of ponds, and 9,245 houses. It also damaged 12 of the flood-hit houses, and four bridges.
Downpour fell for around 9 hours continuously on Saturday throughout Bima, triggering a number of dams in four sub-districts to overflow.
The affected sub-districts were Madapangga, Bolo, Woha, and Monta.
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The Bima BPBD has actually coordinated with the authorities in the affected locations to disperse relief help and deploy personnel to assist flood victims.
It has actually also deployed rubber boats and offered emergency situation tents for displaced individuals.
Earlier, the Meteorological, Meteorology and Geophysics Firm (BMKG) has actually cautioned that severe weather condition such as heavy rains, strong wind and huge waves were anticipated to occur in parts of Indonesia, including West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara Provinces.
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