Floods And Landslides In Banten: 3 People Found Dead And 1,694 Houses Submerged

Illustration of floods (ANTARA)

RANGKASBITUNG - Three residents of Lebak Regency, Banten Province, were reported to have died due to the impact of floods and landslides and strong winds that occurred in the last two days.

"All the victims who died have been buried by their family members," said Head of the Lebak Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Febby Pratama Rizky, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, December 6.

He explained that the three residents of Lebak Regency who died were the first initials DZ (14), a resident of Cipanas Village, Cipanas District, who was affected by a landslide which resulted in the wall of the victim's house being split on Tuesday, December 3.

At that time victim DZ and his younger brother R (8) were watching television at 21.00 WIB in the front room of the house, but suddenly a landslide occurred until the wall of the house hit the victim.

Victim DZ was reported to have died after being rushed to the local health center, and his younger brother was injured.

Meanwhile, the second victim who died had the initials D (13), a resident of Banjarsari District, drowned during the flood, last Wednesday.

Furthermore, the third victim with the initials R (64) died due to a fallen tree in Sukamaju Village, Cibeber District, on Thursday, December 5.

The victim died on the way home from the garden to the house, but at that time there was heavy rain accompanied by strong winds.

On the way back from the garden to the house, the victim was hit by a tree collapsing until it was found that the resident had died.

Therefore, BPBD Lebak asked the public to be vigilant in facing extreme weather marked by heavy rain accompanied by strong winds and lightning.

Over the past few days, rainfall has increased, resulting in floods and landslides in 20 sub-districts in Lebak Regency.

In addition, 1,694 houses were flooded and 59 houses were affected by landslides, 47 houses were slightly damaged, six houses were moderately damaged, and six other houses were heavily damaged.

Meanwhile, collapsed roads and landslides were found at five points, including the first Cipanas-Citorek road to Overwater tourism, the second was Darmasari Bayah Village Street, the third was Cidikit Bayah Street, the fourth was Pasir Gobong Bayah Street, and the fifth was on Ciseel-Muncang Street.

Meanwhile, there were also two bridges cut off in Leuwidamar and Muncang sub-districts, respectively.