West Aceh BPBD: 261 House Units Affected By Flash Floods

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of West Aceh Regency recorded as many as 261 housing units spread across five sub-districts affected by flash floods that occurred on Wednesday, November 26.

"Hundreds of damaged housing units vary, ranging from heavily damaged, moderate to lightly damaged," said Acting Head of West Aceh BPBD Teuku Ronal Nehdiansyah in Meulaboh, quoted by Antara, Saturday, December 6.

The damaged houses consisted of 45 heavily damaged houses, 102 moderately damaged houses, and 114 lightly damaged houses.

Teuku Ronal said the houses of residents who suffered damage were in Pante Ceureumen District, West Aceh Regency, including in Jambak Village, which was six units heavily damaged 17 units moderately damaged, seven units of Canggai Village were heavily damaged and 28 lightly damaged, five houses were heavily damaged and one unit was lightly damaged.

In Lawet Village, the number of houses heavily damaged was nine units and moderately damaged as many as 34 units, Pulo Teungoh, the number of houses heavily damaged by one unit and 45 units moderately damaged.

The number of houses damaged by five units of Sikundo Village, moderately damaged by three units, and lightly damaged by 10 units, and in Keutambang Village the number of houses damaged by one unit.

In Woyla Timur District, the number of houses that were lightly damaged was recorded at 60 units in Pasie Ara Village.

In Sungai Mas Subdistrict, two units of residents were recorded to be heavily damaged in Lancong Village and one was slightly damaged, and in Tungkop Village the number of houses that were heavily damaged was one unit and one unit was slightly damaged.

In Arongan Lambalek District, 15 houses were slightly damaged and in Meulantang Village, Panton Reue District, the number of houses heavily damaged by the flood was eight units.

Teuku Ronal said that the West Aceh BPBD has also continued to make efforts to distribute aid to a number of locations for natural disasters, including efforts to open closed transportation access due to natural disasters.