Jakarta – Floods triggered by relentless heavy rain in Jakarta on Saturday declared five lives consisting of one senior man and 4 children, according to the capital city’s disaster mitigation office (BPBD).
4 children and one elderly person passed away when Jakarta was hit by major flooding on early Saturday, Sabdo Kurnianto, President of the Jakarta BPBD, said on Sunday.
A 67- year-old man, citizen of Jatipadang, South Jakarta, was found dead in his locked home that was immersed by flood waters, he said.
Three small boys were swept away by strong flood existing in South Jakarta and a seven-year old lady drowned in floodwaters in West Jakarta.
The workplace had released personnel to bring out evacuation procedure of flood victims and dispersed relief aid making up food and devices for cleaning houses affected by the flooding.
” In accordance with the Guv’s directions, we will continue to perform flood handling by prioritizing the security of individuals,” he mentioned.
Based upon information from the Jakarta BPBD, the flood waters started to decline in a number of areas however there were still 49 neighborhood units (RT) impacted by the flood, or 0.161 percent of the capital city’s overall 30,470 RTs.
” A total of 1,722 members of 514 families, all of whom are from the East Jakarta area, have actually been displaced. They have actually been accommodated in 10 shelters in East Jakarta,” he kept in mind.
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The flood waters reached a height of as much as one meter in East Jakarta. The evacuation process of flood victims was conducted with the support of authorities and military officers.
The Jakarta authorities required support as flood victims still required more relief help such as food, drinking waters, medic sets, household kits, mattresses, blankets and masks.
Jakarta citizens residing in flood susceptible areas are advised to stay alert as the Meteorological, Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has actually forecast that heavy rains would more than likely to fall on February 22 and 23 in many parts of Jakarta and surrounding cities such as Bekasi, West Java.
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