Half Meter Flood Inundated Several Parts Of Surabaya City Area

One of the flood points in Surabaya/Photo: Antara

SURABAYA - Heavy rains have caused flooding and caused some parts of Surabaya City in East Java Province to be inundated on Monday, June 13 morning. enter the house," said Andik, a resident of the North Medayu area in Rungkut, while draining the puddle of water inside his house. In front of his house. "Water continues to enter the house. I really have to raise the house again," Andik said while holding his head. Quoted by Antara, in addition to inundating residents' settlements, the flood caused the Jalan Pandugo and Jalan Panjaringan areas in the Rungkut District to be inundated to a height of about half a meter, making it difficult for vehicles to pass and causing some vehicles to break down. In the sub-district area n Mount Anyar, flooding caused the settlement where Rokim lived was flooded.

"The rain doesn't stop, as a result, water enters the house," said Rokim. The head of the Surabaya City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Ridwan Mubarun said that BPBD personnel had been deployed to deal with the impact of flooding in parts of the Surabaya area. "This is being handled," said Ridwan. All have been turned on to deal with puddles due to flooding. However, he continued, the water drawn from the flooded areas cannot be directly discharged into the sea because the tide is high.