One House In Sukaluyu Cianjur Was Heavily Damaged, Dozens Were Threatened With Landslides After Heavy Rain

A house in Hegarmanah Village, Sukaluyu District, Cianjur Regency, West Java, was heavily damaged by landslides after heavy rains, Monday (23/10/2023) night, dozens of other houses were threatened. (ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri).

The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Cianjur Regency, West Java, noted that one house was heavily damaged and the other dozens were threatened with landslides, there was no death toll, only one family fled due to landslide cliffs in Hegarmanah Village, Sukaluyu Cianjur District.

Head of BPBD Cianjur Asep Sukma Wijaya said heavy rain with a high enough intensity for more than two hours hit a number of areas in Cianjur, including in Sukaluyu District which caused a five-meter-high cliff to fall on a resident's house.

"One house inhabited by four people had to be evacuated to his relatives' house, because the building was almost razed to the ground after being hit by a landslide from a cliff located behind the house, while dozens of other houses were threatened," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 24.

Along with the high rainfall that fell with an intensity of more than two hours in most Cianjur areas, his party appealed to residents to remain alert and alert by immediately evacuating when they saw natural signs of a disaster.

"Since the last few days, the rainfall has started to rise, so we ask residents to increase alertness and vigilance, especially those living in areas prone to floods and landslides," he said.

Meanwhile, information from residents of Bedeng Village, Hegarmanah Village, Sukaluyu District, said that the landslide that occurred on Monday night began after heavy rain for more than two hours caused a five-meter high cliff located behind the village to collapse.

Landslides in the form of rocks and mud hit the house of a resident who managed to survive when he heard a rumbling sound from behind the house. The landslide caused the walls of the back of the house to collapse and spread to the walls of another room so that it almost flattened to the ground.

"One house was heavily damaged and about 13 other houses were threatened because it was located with the back of a landslide, we have asked the owner of the house to be alert and evacuate immediately if it rains again because it can trigger further landslides," said local RT chairman Nalendra.

On Tuesday morning, he said, officers, volunteers, and residents worked together to clean up landslides that damaged residents' houses and made efforts to anticipate further landslides by installing bamboo fences under cliffs so that dozens of other residents' houses were safe from landslides.

"Efforts to joint repairs will be carried out so that residents whose houses are damaged can be built and repatriated," he said.