Heavy Rain, Landslides Occur On Mount Jemenang Natuna

Lokasi longsor. ANTARA/HO-Village Pangkalan.

NATUNA - Gunung Jemenang area in Pangkalan Village, Serasan District, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands, experienced landslides due to frequent rain.

Pangkalan Village Head Hendriyadi said the incident was expected to occur on Friday night.

However, there were no casualties or houses affected by the incident, and residents who were in the area with the potential for landslides were temporarily evacuated in Permanent Residential (Huntap).

"Last night it happened, residents listened to the roar, but it was not certain where the location was because it was dark, so we first evacuated the residents to the Huntap in the Sisi Beach Area," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, January 13.

The landslide occurred right at the site of an old landslide or landslide site in March 2023 which claimed 54 people.

"The one that landslideed the top of Mount Jemenang, did not go down," he said.

Currently, residents are still being evacuated in Huntap, and his party is still waiting for directions from the Regency Government.

"We have communicated to BPBD, Social Service, and others. For residents who were evacuated more than thirty people," he said.