Hit By Rain Saturday-Sunday, 28 Houses In Sitiarjo Village, Malang Teund, No Life Victims

A number of joint personnel are coordinating regarding the handling of the impact of flooding due to heavy rains in Sitiarjo/ANTARA Village

MALANG - The Rapid Response Team is still at the location of the flood that submerged dozens of houses in Sitiarjo Village, Sumbermjing Wetan District, Malang Regency, East Java. The team carried out further data collection due to flood disasters caused by high rainfall in the area. Head of the Emergency and Logistics Division of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Malang Regency, Sadono Irawan, said heavy rains from Saturday to Sunday caused the river to increase and overflow. “High-intensity rains since Saturday in the Sumbermjing Wetan area have an impact on the water discharge in the Pangulan River to increase and overflow. So that it has an impact on several houses,” said Sadono in Malang Regency, Antara, Sunday, September 11. A number of parties were involved in the data collection, including the Malang Regency BPBD, Malang Regency PMI, Tagana Sumbermjing Wetan, Sitiarjo Disaster Resilient Team, 0818/16 Sumbermjing Wetan, police and local government officials. Sadono explained that at least 28 houses were affected by the flood due to the overflow of water from the Pangharman River. A total of 12 houses were submerged in RT26/14, RT10/02 one house, RT18/15 two houses, RT29/14 five houses, RT48/09 two houses and RT56/15 four houses. According to him, in addition to causing as many as 28 houses affected by the flood, puddles of water also caused road access to break in the western area of Sitiarjo Market to go to Mount Tumo. The water level reportedly varies from 20 centimeters to one meter. “ Access is currently cut off in the western area of Sitiarjo Market towards Mount Tumo. Then due to the heavy rain, there was also a landslide in Kedung Banteng Village,” he said. As a result of this incident, there have been no casualties, however, the affected people need food aid packages. Currently, the water condition has begun to recede and residents are cleaning up the remaining floods.

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