Water In The Cisadane River Overflows, Hundreds Of Houses In Serpong Are Submerged By 60 Cm

Flood Victims In Serpong Tangerang/ Photo: IST

TANGERANG The Cisadane River overflowed. As a result, hundreds of houses in Perum Pesona Serpong, South Tangerang (Tangsel) were submerged in water.

Head of the Tangsel City BPBD Emergency and Logistics Division, M Faridzal, said that his party received a report on Wednesday, November 22, at 01.30 WIB.

"The flood height reaches 60 cm," Faridzal said when confirmed, Wednesday, November 22.

Faridzal explained that due to the flood, many residents had difficulty getting their vehicles out to return to their activities. Therefore, his party deployed rubber boats to help residents who want to work or evacuate to their relatives' homes.

"In total, there are 177 families affected by this flood," he said.

He said that the affected victims were in RW 08, including 65 families in RT 01, 65 families in RT 02 and 52 families in RT 03. So that the total is 177 families or 885 people.

"It is certain that there were no casualties," he concluded.