PADANG - The joint SAR team evacuates a minibus that was hit by a fallen tree while crossing Jalan Ujung Tanah, Lubuk Begalung District, Padang City, West Sumatra Province, on Friday, July 29 morning.
The trunk of a trembesi tree with a diameter of about 70 cm and a length of 15 meters hit the minibus driven by Ridwan (51) at 06.15 WIB.
"We together with a joint team of Padang BPBD, TNI, Polri and the community evacuated cars and made the roads passable by vehicles," said Head of Emergency Logistics of the Padang City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Hendri Satriawan in a statement, Friday, July 29.
"Thank God there were no casualties in this incident. When we received the report, we immediately dispatched personnel to the field for evacuation," he continued.
He appealed to residents to be vigilant when going outside during bad weather.
"The intensity of rain which is quite high since morning accompanied by strong winds can cause trees to fall," he said, according to Antara.
According to a report from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of the Padang Panjang Geophysics Station, today a number of points in Padang City have the opportunity to rain with moderate to heavy intensity.
Rain is forecasted to cover the districts of South Padang, East Padang, West Padang, North Padang, Bungus Teluk Kabung, Lubuk Begalung, Lubuk Kilangan, Pauh, Kuranji, Nanggalo, and Koto Tangah.
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