Anticipate Floods And Beliung Putings, Residents Of HSS South Kalimantan Can Access Local Disaster Early Warning Via Cellular

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SOUTH KALIMANTAN - Disaster in Hulu Sungai Selatan (HSS) Regency, South Kalimantan (Kalsel) will quickly be known to the public.

The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) said information about the disaster from the early warning system or EWS can be accessed openly by residents' cellphones based on Android.

Head of BPBD HSS Regency, Kusairi said, with the EWS the water level was monitored. Including being able to detect potential flood disaster threats.

"We have installed this EWS in November 2022, located around the Amandit Dam, precisely in Pagar Haur Village, Padang Batung District," said Kusairi, confiscated by Antara, Tuesday, February 7.

Kusairi explained that the detection tool is connected to the peladen (server) at BPBD HSS and is equipped with a siren indicating a flood, as well as how to access this device being given a site address, for early detection of disasters via android-based cellular phones.

Kusairi hopes that the installation of EWS can help BPBD, so that it can detect potential natural disasters more quickly.

And to anticipate natural disasters such as floods and landslides to tornadoes that often occur during the rainy season.

Currently, the HSS Regency Government has set a alert status for floods, landslides and tornadoes.

Tertuang dalam Surat keputusan (SK) Bupati HSS Nomor 188.45/275/KUM/2022 tentang status siaga bencana banjir, tanah longsor, dan tornado, ditetapkan enam bulan dari 1 November 2022 sampai 31 April 2023.

"We received information based on BMKG forecasts, the peak of the rainy season in HSS Regency will last for two months at the end of this year and early next year," said Kusairi.

BPBD HSS Regency maps flood-prone points in 11 sub-districts from low, moderate to high categories to anticipate natural disasters.

In addition, BPBD HSS has also prepared various equipment to the personnel needed in the event of a natural disaster, supported by the existence of district, sub-district and village posts that are also activated.

He added that his party routinely cleans drainage, such as in Kandangan and Padang Batung sub-districts, including if there are residents who ask for drainage to be given, they will be followed up to prevent flooding.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that the peak of the rainy season will occur in December 2022-January 2023.