ManADO - A landslide disaster in Wanga Village, South Minahasa Regency (Minsel), North Sulawesi claimed lives. Two victims were reported to have died on Wednesday, January 29 at around 12.00 WITA.
"The landslide land occurred suddenly. Coincidentally, two more victims were in kiosks or stalls and did not have time to escape," said former Village Head Wanga Frangky Pondag quoting ANTARA.
Two identified residents died, namely Nikita Pantow (21) and Majesty Momongan (10). Meanwhile, the kiosk owners who sold a number of these needs were the Pantow-Jacob family and the Kessek-Lumantow family.
As a result of the landslide that occurred in the trans-provincial route connecting Minsel Regency and Manado City, it was still closed and could not be passed by all types of vehicles.
When the landslide occurred, he said, people in Wanga Village and the West Motoling District Government, the Police and Koramil immediately searched for victims, although it took up to two hours.
The Minsel Regency Government after receiving this information immediately deployed two units of heavy equipment to clean up landslide material in the trans-provincial route, as well as asking residents to be careful with the impact of other landslides.
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"In Minsel Regency, for the past few days, moderate to high rainfall has been experienced, residents must anticipate the potential or impact of disasters," said Minsel Regent Frangky Wongkar.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) invites the public and local governments to be aware of extreme weather in the North Sulawesi region until January 30.
"We urge the public and the government in North Sulawesi to remain alert to rain with moderate to heavy intensity accompanied by lightning and strong winds," said Head of Sam Ratulangi Meteorological Station Manado Dhira Utama.
The appeal is an anticipatory measure for hydrometeorological disasters in the form of puddles, floods, landslides, and fallen trees. In addition, to avoid activities, especially in disaster-prone areas.
He hopes that the public will continue to monitor information on weather developments and weather early warnings from BMKG Sam Ratulangi Manado in more detail and detail for each kelurahan in the entire North Sulawesi region through verified BMKG information channels.
Dhira said that based on the analysis of atmospheric dynamics, various atmospheric phenomena that affect the weather in the North Sulawesi region, including the value of the Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) anomaly show negative anomalies and the spatial forecast of Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) which moves through the North Sulawesi region also strengthens the increase in convective activity.
Meanwhile, another supporting factor, namely the formation of a wind bend pattern (shearline), atmospheric lability conditions in unstable conditions and high humidity support the growth of rain clouds more intensively.
"The combination of these phenomena forms atmospheric conditions that support rain with moderate to heavy intensity for a long duration accompanied by lightning and strong winds," he said.
Extreme weather conditions are expected to occur in Manado City, Bitung City, Tomohon City, Minahasa Regency, North Minahasa Regency, South Minahasa Regency, Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Bolaang Mongondow Regency, South Bolaang Mongondow Regency, Sitaro Islands Regency, Sangihe Islands Regency, and Talaud Islands Regency.
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