Heavy Rain Tuesday Night, Floods And Landa Banyumas Landslides

Illustration of floods (ANTARA)

PURWOKERTO - Heavy rains that fell from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning have caused floods and landslides in the Banyumas Regency, Central Java Province.

"Based on the temporary reports we received, flood disasters occurred in seven villages/kelurahan, while landslides were in five villages," said Head of the Banyumas Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Budi Nugroho, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, November 15.

According to him, floods hit Selandaka Village, Kemiri Village, and Kebokura Village in Sumpiuh District; Sirau and Grujugan Villages in Kemranjen District; as well as Karangpetir and Gebangsari Villages in Tambak District.

Bintara Pembina Village, Sumpiuh Village, Sergeant Satu Gunawan, said that the flood caused the residents' settlements to be inundated in Grumbul Karet, Sumpiuh Village.

"Based on temporary data collection, there are about 20 houses that have entered the water with a height of 35 cm," he said.

Meanwhile, landslides occurred in the neighborhood of RT 01 RW 01 Kemawi Village, Somagede District; RT 05 RW 03 and RT 04 RW 10 Watuagung Village, Tambak District; RT 04 RW 07 Bongangin Village, Sumpiuh District; RT 05 RW 10 Gununglurah Village, Cilongok District; and Karangkemiri Village, Pekuncen District.

Budi said that BPBD was still recording the impact of floods and landslides in the Banyumas area.

In addition to causing flooding and landslides, he said, extreme weather conditions caused trees to fall in Bongangin Village, Sumpiuh District and Samudra Village, Gumelar District.

"The fallen tree incident in Gumelar Village has been handled, while in Bongangin it is still being handled," said Budi.