BPBD Jember Evacuates 100 Residents Affected By Flood

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JEMBER - Jember Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) officers evacuated about 100 residents affected by flooding at several points in Pondok Joyo Village, Jember Regency, East Java because the water level was rising.

"We sent three teams from the Rapid Response Team (TRC) with rubber boats to rescue residents affected by flooding because the water level was rising," said Acting Head of the Jember Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Sigit Akbari at the Jember BPBD Command Post. quoted by Antara, Wednesday, November 10.

According to him, officers evacuated residents, especially the elderly, children and women, to a temporary safe place at Pondok Joyo Village Hall, Semboro District.

"The puddle of water is getting higher in Pondok Joyo Village, so residents' houses and a prayer room are submerged to a height of 40 cm and it is estimated that the water level will continue to rise, so they must be evacuated to a safe place," he said.

Sigit said that floods and landslides occurred in three sub-districts in Jember Regency due to high rainfall that occurred from Wednesday afternoon to evening, so that people were asked to be aware of the high rainfall due to the impact of La Nina.

"Three sub-districts were affected by floods and landslides, namely Semboro, Tanggul, and Sumberbaru sub-districts, so that officers spread out at six to seven disaster points in each of these sub-districts," he said.

Based on data from the Jember BPBD, floods hit Manggisan Village, Tanggul District, namely RA to SMPN 1 which were submerged in water with a height of about 40 cm, then in Songgon Hamlet, Pondok Joyo Village, Semboro District with 100 houses and one prayer room submerged by a flood of 40 cm.

"The flood also hit Pondok Rampal Hamlet, Pondok Joyo Village, Semboro District, but officers are still conducting assessments, so it is still unknown how many houses were affected by the flood," he said.

Floods also hit Pondokdalem Village, Semboro District, with 15 houses affected by the water with a water level of 30 cm.

In addition to flooding, landslides also hit Sumberbaru District which caused access to Mount Gambir tourism to be completely closed and one house was affected by landslides in Kramat Sukoharjo Village, Tanggul District.