Facing Extreme Weather, Semarang BPBD Pas 5 Banjir Di Sungai

Semarang City BPBD Operations Control Center in Semarang, Wednesday. (ANTARA/ IC Senjaya)

SEMARANG - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Semarang City installed five flood early warning equipment in a number of river flows to face the threat of extreme weather during the rainy season at the end of 2022.

"There are five additional tools, so a total of 12 early warning systems have been installed," said Semarang City BPBD Secretary Winarsono in Semarang, Central Java (Central Java), quoted from Antara, Wednesday, October 12.

According to him, the five flood early warning tools were installed in the Pudakpayung watershed, two in the Jatibarang watershed, one tool at the meeting point upstream of the Kaligarang River, and in the East Flood Canal.

He explained that the flood early warning system can be monitored directly by the public through the Sipantau Disaster application on smartphones.

According to him, there are three levels of conditions that show a level of vulnerability based on water level.

"If it enters the red level, later the sirens around the area installed with an early warning device will sound, so the surrounding community must be ready to be evacuated," he said.

In general, he continued, mapping of disaster-prone areas in the city of Semarang in the face of the rainy season has been carried out.

Winarsono said there were seven sub-districts prone to floods and five sub-districts prone to landslides.

He said the preparation of equipment, human resources, and logistics for disaster-affected residents had been alerted and could be distributed at any time.