GORONTALO - A flash flood hit Biau District, North Gorontalo Regency, Gorontalo Province, while the community celebrated Eid al-Adha 1447 Hijriah, Wednesday, May 27. The disaster caused hundreds of homes to be affected, some of which were buried in mud and wood materials.
The Gorontalo Provincial Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) team, which arrived at the location on Wednesday morning at around 03.15 Wita, found that a number of villages had suffered quite severe damage due to flooding.
Didingga Village is one of the most seriously affected areas. Residents' houses were filled with mud after flash floods hit the area.
"Based on our monitoring in Didingga Village, most of the residents' houses are currently buried in mud, while some residents' houses and businesses have been damaged," said the Data Manager of the Gorontalo Provincial BPBD, Mohamad Nasaru, quoted by Antara.
Based on the report of the Gorontalo Provincial BPBD Pusdalops, the flood occurred on Tuesday (26/5) after heavy to moderate rain hit the Biau District since 15.30 to 17.20 Wita.
The height of the water in the residential area was reported to be 100 to 250 centimeters.
Provisional data from the BPBD recorded at least five villages affected by flooding, namely Bualo Village with 132 families, Didingga Village with 115 families, Biau Village with 122 families, Omuto Village with 85 families, and Luhuto Village with 75 families.
Hundreds of residents' houses in the villages were also affected by the flood. Although the water began to recede, mud and wood materials still covered a number of houses and access roads in several points.
The Gorontalo Provincial BPBD together with the North Gorontalo Regency BPBD continue to carry out assessments and cross-sector coordination for disaster handling, evacuation of residents, to cleaning houses from residual mud and flood materials.
The Gorontalo Provincial Social Service together with the Disaster Standby Youth (Tagana) have also been deployed to the location to help handle the affected residents.
A number of elements were involved in handling the disaster, including the Gorontalo Provincial BPBD, the North Gorontalo Regency BPBD, the Social Service, TNI/Polri, the sub-district and village governments, and the Sulawesi II River Basin Office.
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