The Kapuas River Sheaves On The Settlement Dam, The Mayor Of The Forecast Of Extreme Rain Peaks In Pontianak On December 28

Floods inundated Jalan Perdana, Pontianak City, West Kalimantan, Friday 22 December 2022. (ANTAR-Andila)

The heavy rains that hit Pontianak made the Kapuas River run over and submerged people's houses in basins or low areas on Friday, December 23.

"Water has started inundating our residential area since this morning, and is now starting to enter homes with a height of five to 10 centimeters," said Dian, a resident of Jalan Karet, West Pontianak District, Pontianak City, West Kalimantan (West Kalimantan), Friday, December 23, confiscated by Antara.

He hopes that the intensity of rain in Pontianak will subside so that the Kapuas River will no longer overflow, making the floods that hit his settlement recede.

"Hopefully it won't rain again, so the water recedes quickly," said the father of three.

Meanwhile, Indah, a resident of Pontianak Tenggara District, said the height of the floods that entered her house reached 30 centimeters.

"This is the highest flood, because the rain is quite heavy, and at the same time the Kapuas River water also rises," he said.

The Mayor of Pontianak, Edi Rusdi Kamtono, appealed to residents to minimize the trigger for flooding in their settlements, one of which is by applying hygiene discipline. He estimates that extreme weather in the form of high-intensity rain is likely to occur again in Pontianak until its peak on December 27 to 28, 2022.

"Residents are advised not to throw garbage in ditches so that when the rainfall is high, rainwater will quickly fall into the Kapuas River," he said.

From observations in the field, a number of protocol roads in Pontianak City were flooded with varying heights, such as on Jalan Ahmad Yani with a water level of about 30 centimeters, then Jalan Gajah Mada and Tanjungpura also about 30 centimeters, Jalan Perdana with a water level of about 40 centimeters.