North Gorontalo DPRD Urges Residents To Be Alert To Extreme Weather

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GORONTALO - North Gorontalo DPRD, Gorontalo Province, Wisye Pangemanan appealed to residents in the northern coastal areas, especially in the western region of the district, to be aware of extreme weather. The member of Commission III of the North Gorontalo Regional House of Representatives (DPRD), in Gorontalo, Friday, February 17. Like the tragedy of the loss of Biau residents while fishing on the beach of Dusun Jin City, Tolinggula Village Pantai Tolinggula District. He conveyed his concern, considering the repeated incidents always color the area every year. "We need to be aware of extreme weather, especially since the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has informed that quite extreme weather forecasts will hit this region until the end of February. This needs to be a common concern," he said. residents, he said, immediately coordinated with the Tolinggula Police and the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) to immediately conduct a search. This is a lesson for residents not to go to sea during extreme weather. "We are trying to avoid the coastal area for the time being, as a form of vigilance against extreme weather," he said again. According to data from the local Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Service, there are around 4,700 residents who work as fishermen. "They make a living for their families so this activity needs to be supported. However, they need to be advised to be careful when extreme weather hits because personal safety must be a priority," he also said. He hoped that the missing residents would soon be found safe.

Secretary of the North Gorontalo Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Rully Tanaiyo said that his party received a report from the Tolinggula sub-district head and member of Commission III DPRD, Wisye Pangemanan regarding the incident. response. Since yesterday afternoon, the Basarnas and Polair Post Tolinggula have deployed personnel and equipment to conduct searches until this morning, together with the Tolinggula Police, TNI (Babinsa), Satpol-PP, sub-district government and related elements, as well as residents," he said. Andi Rahman (38) is known to have been swept away by the current on the Milango beach, Hamlet of Jin City, Tolinggula Pantai Village, around 15.00 WITA on Thursday (17/2). The resident of Luhuto Village, Biau Sub-district is known to be fishing with his son, Sahrul Rahman (13) "Luckily there were other residents who were also doing the same activity, had time to see the incident so they immediately gave help and succeeded l saved Sahrul. Even though Andi has not been found so far," said Rully. His party hopes that the search process will soon produce results.