JAKARTA - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Situbondo Regency, East Java (Jatim), recorded material losses due to flash floods that occurred on Wednesday, January 21, reaching around Rp. 15 billion.
The Head of the BPBD Situbondo Regency, Timbul Surjanto, said that flash floods caused quite severe damage ranging from road and bridge infrastructure, public facilities and educational institutions to damage to residents' homes.
"So, the damage from flash floods is quite severe, and while we estimate it to reach Rp. 15 billion, this does not include the impact of floods in the agricultural sector," he said in Situbondo, East Java, Tuesday.
Timbul said that the damage to infrastructure due to the flood of river water damaged several points of road infrastructure, one of which was in Bloro Village, Besuki District, the bridge connecting Patemon Village and Wringinanom Village, Jatibanteng District was cut off.
In addition, he continued, flash floods also damaged a number of retaining walls, embankments, as well as village roads and other infrastructure buried by landslides.
"In addition, we are also carrying out normalization at several points in the river flow. We continue to update data on the impact of the flood disaster," said Timbul.
Regarding the handling of the flood disaster to date, he said, the health post and public kitchens at the flood-affected locations continued and adjusted to the needs in the field.
"The public kitchen has so far continued to serve the affected people, because every three days we evaluate it to be extended according to the needs of the community," said Timbul Surjanto.
BPBD Situbondo data recorded that the houses of residents affected by the flash flood that occurred on Wednesday, January 21, at night reached 7,435 units and were spread across six sub-districts.
The most severe flood-affected areas due to the overflow of the Lubawang River, namely Banyuglugur District with 1,271 houses, spread across Kalianget Village 1,065 houses, Banyuglugur Village 65 houses, Lubawang Village 140 houses, and Tepos Village one house.
Furthermore, the worst impact of the flood overflow of the river, namely Besuki District with 5,414 houses, spread in Pesisir Village 2,822 houses, Kalimas Village 238 houses, Demung Village 44 houses, Besuki Village 2,306 houses, and Bloro Village four houses.
Heavy rain on Wednesday (21/1) also caused a number of rivers to overflow and flood 113 houses of residents in Mlandingan Wetan Village, Bungatan District.
In Mlandingan District, flooding inundated 402 houses spread across Selomukti Village 305 houses and Mlandingan Kulon Village 97 houses, as well as in Kendit Village/District 227 houses, and Curah Suri Village, Jatibanteng District eight houses.
Meanwhile, data from the Situbondo Regency Education and Culture Office stated that last week's flood also flooded 21 elementary and junior high schools.
Of the 21 elementary and junior high schools affected by the flood, two schools were the most severely affected, namely SDN 1 Kalianget and SMPN 1 Banyuglugur. These two schools are adjacent and the most severely affected, the back fence of the school collapsed and flood materials such as mud and garbage entered the school.
The data of elementary and junior high schools affected by the flood are SDN 9 Kilensari, SDN 4 Sumberkolak, SDN 2 Curahkalak, SDN 1 Klatakan, SDN 2 Klatakan, Korwil Kendit Office, SDN 5 Kendit, SDN 1 Bugeman, SDN 1 Banyuglugur, SDN 1 Kalianget, SDN 3, Lubawang, SD Terpadu An Nadwah Lubawang, SDN 2 Kalimas, SDN 2 Pesisir, SDN 6 Pesisir, SDN 7 Pesisir, SDN 2 Blimbing, SDN 5 Olean, SMPN 1 Kapongan, and SMPN 1 Banyuglugur.
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