3 Houses Are Damaged, BPBD Lebak Asks People To Beware Of Strong Winds Accompanied By Heavy Rain

Illustration of strong wind. (Photo by Atilla Bingol on Unsplash)

LEBAK - The people of Lebak, Banten, are asked to be aware of strong winds accompanied by heavy rains that have occurred recently. Because there are already victims.

Three houses have been damaged by fallen trees due to strong winds. Luckily, there were no casualties.

The Lebak Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) appealed to the public to remain calm. However, you must remain vigilant.

"We hope that the public can increase their awareness of the bad weather," said Head of the Lebak Regency BPBD Emergency and Logistics Section, Agus Reza Faisal, as reported by Antara, Sunday, March 6.

BPDB Lebak warned that bad weather could potentially cause natural disasters, such as fallen trees, floods, landslides and ground movement. Therefore, the public must be aware of the disaster so that it can reduce the risk of disaster. "We hope that with this vigilance it will not result in casualties," he explained.

It should be noted that the three houses damaged by the tree occurred in Sengkol Village, Pasar Keong Village, Cibadak District, Lebak Regency. Local BPBD officers evacuated and cut down the large fallen tree. The Lebak BPBD appealed to people who have tall trees and are close to their homes to cut down to avoid accidents. Likewise, residents if there are strong winds accompanied by heavy rain do not take shelter under trees for fear of trees. fallen, including the driver, it is better to rest and stop the journey because there are many old trees around the roadside. During this time, rainfall accompanied by strong winds hit the Lebak area and occurred during the day, afternoon and night. "We ask residents whose houses have tall trees. In order to be aware of the disaster," he explained. Meanwhile, Nana, a strong volunteer from Lebak Regency, said that she immediately brought a chainsaw to the location of the house that was hit by a fallen tree for evacuation. and heavy rain. "We have ah cut the fallen tree and hit the resident's house," said Nana.