JAKARTA - Strong winds hit the Sanglar Village area, Reteh District, Indragiri Hilir Regency, Riau Province on Thursday, April 15, at 16.30 WIB. In that incident, a four month old baby girl was reported to be a victim, 2 people were injured and 18 families were affected by the disaster triggered by the weather factor.
Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center, Raditya Jati said, based on the development of a report from the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Indragiri Hilir Regency as of Friday, April 16, at 23.47 WIB, the losses caused by the impact of the strong winds included 9 damaged houses. lightly, 9 houses were severely damaged, 1 Posyandu office was slightly damaged, 1 Sangkar Village Office was slightly damaged and 10 electricity poles fell.
"So far, Indragiri Hilir Regency BPBD has conducted rapid assessments, coordinated with relevant agencies to help clean up the damaged houses and carry out evacuations and distributed logistical assistance to affected victims," Raditya Jati said in a press statement, Saturday, April 17. Meanwhile, based on weather forecasts from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), extreme weather such as heavy rains and strong winds that can trigger floods, flash floods and landslides still have the potential to occur in a number of regions in Indonesia and apply today to tomorrow. Some areas that are predicted to experience extreme weather include Aceh, North Sumatra, Jambi, Bengkulu, South Sumatra, Banten, DKI Jakarta and West Java, then North Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, West Papua and Papua. It can be seen from the information on developments With this weather forecast, BNPB hopes that the local government can take the policies deemed necessary.
"Such as increasing preparedness, coordinating with Forkopimda and related agencies, preparing emergency handling facilities and infrastructure, providing information to the public and carrying out integrated rescue efforts in disaster emergency response," said Raditya Jati.
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