Angke Hulu Alert One Post, DKI BPBD Issues Flood Early Warning

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) issued an early warning to residents on the banks of the river following the rising water level at the Angke Hulu Post to 305 cm and the status of danger or alert one.

"It is appealed to residents along riverbanks to be alert and careful of the dangers of flooding," said an early warning given by officers in an excerpt of a video uploaded to the official Twitter account of BPBD DKI, @BPBDJakarta, reported by Antara, Tuesday, March 15.

BPBD said that there are eight areas that may be affected by the threat of flooding due to rising water levels at the Angke Hulu Post, four of which are Rawa Buaya, East Cengkareng, West Cengkareng and North Kembangan.

Then four other areas that may also be affected are North Kedoya, Duri Kosambi, Kapuk and Kedaung Kaliangke.

Heavy rains did flush several areas of Jakarta throughout Tuesday afternoon until late afternoon.

According to the monitoring of the DKI BPBD, at the Angke Hulu Post the water level continued to rise significantly from 200 cm at 17.00 WIB with the status of alert or alert three.

Then the water level rose again to 265 cm and entered the standby status or standby two at 19.00 WIB which continued to rise to 285 cm at 20.00 WIB and 300 cm an hour later.