Karawang Is Still Submerged By Floods, The Water Level In Two Villages Has Reached 2 Meters

Photos of flood air in Karangligar Village, Karawang. (Doc. ANTARA)

KARAWANG - 15 villages in five sub-districts in Karawang Regency, West Java which were flooded a few days ago, 13 villages had receded on Friday and left two more villages still inundated. This data was revealed by the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Karawang Regency.

Based on BPBD Karawang records, as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, March 8, as of last Friday from 15 villages/kelurahan that were previously flooded, the remaining two villages that are still hit by floods, namely Karangligar Village in Telukjambe Barat District and Sukamakmur Village in Telukjambe Timur District.

In the villages of Karangligar and Sukamakmur, as many as 449 houses were still flooded with heights varying between 20-200 centimeters.

A total of 556 families consisting of 1,738 people were affected by the flood. Of the flood-affected residents, 713 people are still displaced.

Head of BPBD Karawang Mahpudin said that currently most of the flooded areas have receded.

Floods in Karawang have occurred since the last few days due to high rainfall that has triggered the overflow of the Cibeet and Citarum rivers.

Previously, floods in Karawang hit 15 villages/kelurahan spread across five sub-districts, namely, in Karangligar Village, Parungsari, Mekarmulya, Mulyajaya, and Wanakerta Village in Telukjambe Barat District.

Then in Telukjambe Timur District, Sukamakmur and Purwadana villages were hit by floods. Then in Pangkalan District, floods occurred in Mulansari, Ciptasari, Tamansari and Tamanmekar Villages.

Furthermore, in West Karawang District, floods hit Tanjungmekar Village and Karawang Kulon Village. In addition, flooding also occurred in Telukbuyung Village and Telukjaya Village in Pakisjaya District.

In the 15 villages/kelurahan, it was recorded that the residents affected by the flood reached 7,513 families with 23,541 people, while the houses that were submerged were 6,401 houses.

In addition to submerging residential areas, the flood also submerged rice fields, residents' farms, educational facilities, religious facilities and other public facilities.