Basarnas Handles 6 Hydrometeorological Disasters And 8 Shipping Accidents In Kupang Over The Last 2 Months

Illustration. Basarnas team when they are about to search for missing people. (ANTARIAdi Gunawan)

NTT - Basarnas Kupang handled six hydrometeorological natural disaster SAR operations during the January-February 2023 period

"During the bad weather that hit NTT, we handled six SAR operations related to hydrometeorological disasters, the current weather conditions are very prone to natural disasters," said Head of Basarnas Kupang I Putu Sudayana when met after the celebration of the 51st Anniversary of Basarnas in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Tuesday, February 28, confiscated by Antara.

He explained that hydrometeorological natural disasters related to floods and landslides that had and had the potential to be high still occurred in Kupang due to heavy rains and strong winds.

"In January the NTT region was flooded due to high rainfall and the Kupang Regency area was the work area of the Kupang Basarnas to become the worst area hit by a hydrometeorological disaster," said Putu.

He hopes that in this unfriendly weather conditions, people will always be careful and not force themselves to cross the river if floodwater conditions.

Furthermore, Putu said the Kupang Basarnas handled eight cases of shipping accidents over the past two months

He said that the Kupang Basarnas would intensively educate the public regarding disaster management in order to minimize casualties.

According to him, education about disasters is increasingly being carried out as a follow-up to President Joko Widodo's request for Basarnas to educate the public, especially in areas prone to natural disasters related to disaster mitigation.

"This is what we will immediately collaborate with relevant agencies and local governments to jointly conduct education on natural disaster management for the community," he said.