GORONTALO - A total of two sub-districts in Gorontalo City, namely East City and Greater Kalimantan were flooded to a height of 100 cm due to high rainfall and overflowing water from the Bone River, Thursday, June 20, 2024.

The Chief Executive of the Gorontalo City BPBD Mahmud Baderan in Gorontalo, said that today's floods were due to high rainfall, while the BMKG had given warnings regarding this matter, including for the local area.

"Since last Wednesday there has been heavy rainfall all day until night, so that upstream the Bone River has caused flooding," said Baderan, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, June 20.

The Gorontalo City BPBD is still collecting data on areas, houses, and victims affected by flooding in the area.

"We must be ready to face floods and BPBD pays attention to flood conditions in Gorontalo by being given an early warning about flooding," said Mahmud.

Lolita, a resident of Bugis Village, said that the flood water started to rise at around 02.00 WITA.

"The water had risen from dawn, yesterday it rained almost all day, and the river finally overflowed," he said.


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