JAKARTA - Floods again inundated a number of villages in Cilacap Regency, Central Java, after heavy rains flushed the area on Sunday, November 15, noon until night. This was conveyed by the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD).
"Based on the reports we received, the flood had inundated settlements in four villages last night. This morning it began to recede even though it still caused puddles in the yards, and there were also several residents' houses that were still submerged," said Head of Emergency and Logistics Division of BPBD Cilacap Regency, Heru Kurniawan. in Cilacap, reported by Antara, Monday, November 16.
The locations of the floods include, among others, Mujur Lor, Kedawung, and Sikampuh Villages in Kroya District and Karangreja Village in Maos District.
In Karangreja Village, he said, the floods made three families flee to the village hall and two families fled to the house of the local village head.
"Last night, we immediately sent assistance in the form of blankets and mats because there were small children and elderly people who were also displaced. This morning they returned to their homes because the flood had receded, although there was still a pool in the yard," he said.
Several houses in the basin area of Pecangakan Hamlet, Mujur Lor Village, he continued, are also still inundated.
Meanwhile, in Pecangakan Hamlet, Mujur Lor Village, Kroya Subdistrict, on Monday the floods still remembered the residents' settlements in RT 01 / RW 03 with a height of 10 to 25 cm.
"The floods have been flooding since last night, thank God it has not reached the house, not like before," said Suwarni (70), a local resident.
"During the previous flood, the water in my house reached my knees so that one sack of grain was also submerged," he said.
He said that some of the residents' houses which were positioned lower than the road were still inundated. "Hopefully there will be no more heavy rains so that the puddles do not get higher," he said.
Apart from inundating settlements, the flood also submerged the rice fields in Mujur Lor Village, which borders Sidamulya Village, Kemranjen District, Banyumas Regency.
Heru appealed to people who live in areas prone to flooding and landslides to remain vigilant because according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, moderate La Nina phenomena can increase rainfall by up to 40 percent from normal conditions.
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