Emergency, DKI BPBD: Upper Angke Water Gate Still On Alert 1, Sunter Hulu Alert 2

Alert 2 condition of Manggarai Water Gates, Saturday, February 20 (Livia Kristianti/Antara)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) reported that the water level at the Upper Angke Water Gate until early Sunday at 00.00 Western Indonesia Time was still in Alert status with the Alert I level.

As reported by Antara, Sunday, February 21, the information update from BPBD DKI Jakarta, which was conveyed through its Twitter account on Sunday, was monitored from Jakarta, saying that the water level in Angke Hulu until early Sunday was 365 centimeters, with cloudy weather. The conditions at Angke Hulu have not changed since the last update on Saturday, February 20 at 21.00 Western Indonesia Time.

Meanwhile, the Sunter Hulu Water Gate is at the Alert 2 level with 240 centimeters of water and cloudy weather.

Meanwhile, Karet Water Gate, which was originally Alert 2, went down to Alert 3 with a water level of 550 centimeters and the weather was cloudy. However, the Pasar Market Water Gate, which originally had the Alert 4 status, experienced an increase in the water level to 184 centimeters so that it became the Alert 3 status.

The following is the height of the Water Gate according to BPBD DKI Jakarta until Sunday, February 21 at 00.00 Western Indonesia Time:

Alert 1 or watch out: Angke Hulu.

Alert 2 or standby: Sunter Hulu.

Alert 3 or alert: Manggarai, Pasar Ikan, Karet.

Alert 4 or normal: Katulampa, Depok, Krukut Hulu, Pesanggrahan, Pluit Reservoir, Cipinang Hulu, Pulo Gadung.

Previously, due to heavy rains that flushed Jabodetabek on Friday, February 19, the night until Saturday, February 20, morning, causing a number of flood spots in DKI Jakarta, Tangerang, and Bekasi. In fact, floods have occurred in a number of elite areas such as in Kemang, Semanggi, to Sudirman, Central Jakarta.