Seven Villages Submerged By Floods Overflowing Bekasi River

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BEKASI - As many as seven villages in three sub-districts in Bekasi Regency, West Java have been submerged in overflowing waters of the Bekasi River with varying heights, since early Thursday morning.

"We received information from the P2C Monitoring Post (Cileungsi Cikeas Meeting) at Pondok Gede Permai, Bekasi City at two in the morning. The time interval for water shipments to arrive from P2C to Tambun Utara is usually one hour at the earliest. So there is a possibility of flooding around three in the morning," he said. Head of BPBD Bekasi Regency Henri Lincoln in Cikarang reported by Antara, Thursday, February 17.

A total of seven villages were submerged by the overflowing Bekasi River, including the villages of Babelan Kota and Kebalen in Babelan District and Sukamekar Village, Sukawangi District.

Tambun Utara sub-district is the area most affected by the overflow of the Bekasi River. In the sub-district there are at least four submerged villages, including the villages of Sriamur, Karangsatria, Satriajaya, and Satriamekar.

"The height ranges from 30 centimeters to two meters. The highest is two meters in Turi Village considering its location right on the edge of the Bekasi River. But that was information this morning, when it was at its highest, it is now relatively low," he said.

He hopes that the upstream area, namely Bogor Regency, which flows the Cileungsi and Cikeas rivers, will not be hit by rain, considering that until this afternoon the floods have not completely subsided.

"Until this afternoon, it's still flooded. Hopefully it won't rain in Bogor so the floods won't rise again," he said.