Several Areas In South Sumatra Submerged By Floods Of Up To Two Meters

Floods in South Sumatra/Photo: Antara

SOUTH SUMATERA - A number of areas in Baturaja, the capital city of Ogan Komering Ulu Regency, South Sumatra, were flooded with a height of up to 2 meters due to the high intensity of rain that occurred from Tuesday, February 1 in the afternoon until evening. such as in Baturaja Permai Housing, Sriwijaya Hospital Housing, Jalan Wahab Sarobu towards SMA N 4 Baturaja," said the Manager of the Operations and Control Center (Pusdalops) of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU), Gunalfi in Baturaja, OKU, Wednesday. February 2. Although there were no casualties, as a result of the natural disaster, it was recorded that 110 houses in the area were flooded with water levels of 1.5-2 meters.

According to him, the location that was severely affected by the flood occurred on Jalan A Yani Baturaja, precisely in front of Citimall (Cimall) Baturaja with water levels reaching 2 meters.

As a result of the natural disaster, access to vehicular traffic in the area was completely paralyzed due to the water submerged roads, and some cars were even caught in the flood due to engine failure.

His party was assisted by residents who were forced to evacuate dozens of motorbikes belonging to residents using rubber boats because the roads could not be passed by vehicles.

"Even based on data collection, up to this morning, four four-wheeled vehicles were caught in the flood and almost drowned," he said, quoted by Antara.

BPBD OKU has evacuated vehicles trapped by the flood and made efforts to suck up water so that traffic flow will return to normal.

"Efforts for desludging are still being carried out by our officers in the field. If it doesn't rain again, hopefully the flooding will be resolved soon," he said.