Due To The Follow-Up Flash Flood, 73 Agam Residents Were Forced To Evacuate

Dozens of residents fled the impact of flash floods in Agam. Between/HO-BPBD Agam.

A total of 74 residents in Jorong Sungai Rangeh, Nagari Bayua, Agam Regency, West Sumatra were reported to have fled due to aftershocks that hit the area, Friday night, December 8. "The 73 people from 27 families (KK) fled to the office of Wali Nagari or Bayua Village, Tanjung Raya District," said BPBD Secretary Agam Olkawendi in Lubuk Basung, Saturday.

He added that the flash flood material was in the form of soil and rocks stockpiling Mirin's (74) ready-to-harvest rice fields, 50 meters long, 10 meters wide or 50 square meters wide. In addition, it belongs to Yulisna (40) with a length of 30-50 meters, 7-10 meters wide, in a condition ready to be harvested. Flash flood material also hit the walls of the Kembang Melati Kindergarten, which resulted in broken walls and mud entering. "The material damaged the building of the TK Teacher's Office as many as two plots," he said. He admitted that the landslide material also hit the residents' houses, namely Suhendri (59), Ismalin (57) and Mardina (69). Flash flood material, reported by ANTARA, Saturday, December 8, also hoarded volleyball fields and covered road access with an altitude of up to 1-2 meters and a length of 100 meters, so that vehicle access could not be passed.

"Materials have been cleaned up by the Agam Regency Government Joint Team and are trying to finish it as soon as possible," he said.