Hujan Deras Accompanied By Lightning And Wind, Cliff Bukit Cok Longsor

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The Cliff of Bukit Cok Gunung in Pamekasan Regency, Madura, East Java, Saturday afternoon, December 31, landslides followed heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds that hit the area.

The disaster location is about 40 kilometers north of Pamekasan City, namely in Waru Village, Waru District, Pamekasan.

"Our team has rushed to the scene," said Deputy Disaster Analyst at the Pamekasan Regency Government Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Budi Cahyono, quoted from ANTARA, December 31.

As a result, almost half of the road was covered by landslide material, causing traffic flow from the direction of Pamekasan City to go to Pasean to be disrupted and vice versa.

A number of houses in the vicinity of the incident were also affected by avalanche material. Officers also asked the residents to temporarily vacate their homes to anticipate further landslides.

In addition to causing landslides, heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds that hit Pamekasan also caused several trees to fall and cut off electricity.

He explained, related to the blackout of electricity due to the strong winds, his party had coordinated with PLN Pamekasan and when the officer had checked.

"Because, based on community reports that we received, the electricity network was cut not only at landslide locations, but also in several other sub-districts in Pamekasan," he said.

Until around 12.20 WIB Saturday afternoon, heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds were still taking place in a number of areas in Pamekasan. Among them are Kadur District, Pamekasan.

In that area, rain fell with moderate to heavy intensity since around 10:00 WIB and electricity flow to people's homes experienced blackouts, said Budi Cahyono.