Hundreds Of Houses On The North Coast Of Karawang Hit By Rob

Photo VIA ANTARA ANTARATARA

KARAWANG - Hundreds of houses in the northern coastal area of Karawang Regency, West Java were submerged by tidal waves due to extreme weather.

"Officers have been dispatched to the location," said Head of the Karawang Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Yasin Nasrudin as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, December 7.

According to reports, the rob in Sedari Village, Cibuaya District, Karawang has occurred since the last few days.

Around 400 houses inhabited by 650 families or 1,121 people in three hamlets in Sedari Village were flooded with water levels of 40-50 centimeters.

Rob also soaked 740 hectares of pond in Sedari Village, Cibuaya District, Karawang. The three hamlets in Sedari Village that were hit by the flood were Tirtasari, Karangsari and Tanjungsari hamlets. Yasin said that the residents had been evacuated to a safer place.

However, the rob happened again so that the officers in the field returned to help evacuate the flood victims due to the high tide. He described the area hit by the tidal wave as a customer of the disaster.

The Karawang regency government previously offered a solution by relocating residents. However, not all residents are willing to be relocated.