3 Residents' Houses In Garut Damaged By Falling Trees, No Casualties

Officers check the condition of damaged houses of residents because they are unable to withstand the load of rain water in Sukadana, Garut Kota District (ANTARA)

GARUT - Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Garut Regency, West Java, said three houses were damaged by falling trees.

"In Samarang sub-district there are two houses, in Sukadana (Garut Kota) one house, so there are three houses. In Sukadana it is because the house is indeed old," said Head of BPBD Garut Regency Satria Budi in Garut, Antara, Tuesday, January 11.

He said, heavy rains and lasted a long time flushed a number of areas in Garut caused a resident's house in Sukadana, Garut City District, the roof collapsed because it was unable to withstand the load of rainwater.

"Because the house is old and can't hold rainwater, the roof of the house collapses," he said.

In addition to Garut City, two houses in Samarang District were damaged by falling trees when heavy rains flushed the area. The tree trunk, he said, hit a resident's house, causing damage to the building and the roof. There were no fatalities.

"His house, which was damaged by the tree, has now begun to be repaired by mutual cooperation," said Satria.

He said the heavy rain that occurred on Monday (10/1) caused flash floods in a number of places in Samarang District. Roads and several houses in the area were submerged.

The flood, he said, was due to a blockage in the flow of water in the drainage in the area. As a result, when it rains heavily, the water can not accommodate and eventually floods.

"Yesterday it was raining heavily, the drainage there is small or unable to accommodate rainwater, eventually overflowing and flooding occurs," he said.

Satria conveyed that his staff together with the local community had tried to clean up the remaining material due to the flood and repair houses that were damaged by falling trees.

He appealed to the public to protect the environment by cleaning waterways so that similar flooding does not occur when it rains with high intensity.

"We hope that the community will revive mutual cooperation, clean up the drainage, and don't litter," he said.