Strong Winds In Karimun Make Security Post Collapse And Kill 2 People

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JAKARTA - Two shipping industry security officers were killed by the rubble of a security post building that collapsed in strong winds during extreme weather in Pangke Village, Karimun Regency, Riau Islands, Wednesday, July 20 yesterday.

Apart from Pangke Village, a similar phenomenon also occurred in Pongkar Village, Tebing District. The extreme weather, marked by rain and strong winds, has damaged 43 houses. Even four units were heavily damaged.

Visual data received by the Operations and Control Center (Pusdalops) of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) from the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Karimun Regency, several houses belonging to 43 families were damaged from the walls to the roof. Some houses even collapsed to the ground.

As an effort to accelerate post-disaster handling, the Karimun Regency BPBD together with related agencies have gone to the affected locations for assessments and assisted in the recovery and cleaning of building debris.

Cloudy weather to light rain still has the potential to occur in the Karimun Regency area on Thursday (21/7) until tonight, according to the weather forecast by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

BNPB appealed to all regional policy makers together with the community to increase vigilance and preparedness.

Mitigation efforts such as trimming twigs and tree branches, monitoring and controlling billboards or billboards, strengthening the structure of houses and buildings, rearranging power cables and communication networks and providing socialization to the community can be carried out periodically.

In addition, to reduce the risk of other hydrometeorological disasters such as floods and landslides, mitigation efforts such as normalizing rivers, riverbanks, cleaning rivers from garbage blockages, socializing to the community and monitoring weather developments must be carried out regularly.

People living around cliff slopes and riverbanks should increase their vigilance. If it rains with high intensity with a duration of more than one hour, it is advised to temporarily evacuate independently to a safer location.