Ganjar Asks Regional Governments In Coastal Central Java To Prepare Rob Flood Emergency Command Post

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo coordinated and checked the handling of the tidal flood in Semarang City, Monday (23/5/2022). ANTARA/HO-Humas Central Java Provincial Government

SEMARANG - Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo asked the regional government whose territory is on the coast of Central Java to prepare a complete emergency post to handle the impact of tidal flooding.

"We are asking for coordination for the entire pantura now, especially in Semarang City, in Demak, then in Pati, also in Pekalongan," said Ganjar while checking the handling of tidal flooding in Semarang, reported by Antara, Monday, May 23.

The full emergency command post, which Ganjar meant, consisted of the health, disaster and public kitchen sectors because there were reports of residents unable to evacuate their families due to tidal flooding.

"We asked to provide reports, so what came to me immediately I distributed and they were called, we asked for a team to be sent down so that the rescue team can be quickly evacuated," he said.

Ganjar said the tidal flood occurred due to weather anomalies and the BMKG continues to update the latest information on the weather, thus asking the public to continue to monitor developments.

"The estimate will still take place, hopefully we can prepare it because it is quite high from the sea, it rises quite high," he said.

According to Ganjar, the BMKG has informed that the rising tides will be high in the near future.

"Hopefully it will go down. So if it was submitted from the BMKG, then the forecast is that it will appear to be going down from the hour," he said.

As previously reported, tidal flooding or tidal water that ran over to the mainland with a height of more than 2 meters hit the coastal area of Semarang City, Monday afternoon, especially the area around Tanjung Emas Port.

Thousands of workers from a number of factories located in the Tanjung Emas Port industrial area saved themselves from the incident.

Apart from motorcycles and cars, thousands of sewing machines and production machines at a number of factories were also submerged by the tidal flood.

Dozens of containers or containers at the Tanjung Emas Port also seemed to be submerged by the tidal flood.

It is not yet known for sure the amount of losses from various parties due to the tidal flood that occurred simultaneously with high waves, and was exacerbated by the collapse of the sea wall in the port area.