Flash Flood Palangkaraya, 4 Found Dead And One Still Wanted

Officers evacuated flood-affected residents in Palangkaraya City, Wednesday (13/3). (doc BPBD Palangkaraya City)

JAKARTA - Flash floods that occurred in the Palangkaraya City area, Central Kalimantan, caused five residents to sink. The four residents were found dead while one other person was still being searched by a joint team. Management of the Control and Operations Center (Pusdalops) of the Palangkaraya City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Balap Sipet reported that the sinking of these five victims occurred in a different range of time and location. To this day, five residents have been found dead and one person is still being searched by a joint team in the Kahayan River,'' clear Balap, Thursday, March 14. Among the five victims, two of whom were children suspected of drowning while playing water at the time of high tide. Even one victim who was still in this search was one of the ten children who drowned while playing water. Nine children were rescued, however one child was declared missing suspected to have been swept away in the Kahayan River. One who is still in this search is actually from 10 children who are currently playing water at high tide. Nine are found but this one is suspected to have been swept away and is now in search, Banjir said Balap.Banjir Sudah Three Weeks Flood Disaster that occurred in Palangkaraya City according to the Balap information has occurred since three weeks ago. Two Sebaru and Bantung sub-districts have been the first affected by flooding due to extreme weather marked by high-intensity rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds. Sebaru and Bantung sub-districts have been flooded for almost two weeks. However, the current condition is already being observed to be receding. The location of these two sub-districts is also in higher ground. There are two Sebaru and Banturun sub-districts that have experienced a water level decline. This sub-district is in the high-lying area, so the inundancy has already reced and has now reced completely,' said Balap. Floods in other regions have then occurred on Saturday and are still happening to date. Racing reports that there are still 16 sub-districted sub-districts. These 16 sub-districts are located in the banks of the Kahayan River and the overflowing River due to the water

There are still 16 sub-districts that are submerged on the banks of the Kahayan River and Rungan River. Currently, it is still submerged, but the water level has decreased by 5 centimeters," said Balap. According to the previous rapid assessment results, the flood-affected areas in Palangkaraya City include 20 sub-districts in four sub-districts. A total of 6,333 families or 20,379 people were affected by the flood. This data then increased to 6,954 families or 23,310 people.