500 Families Affected By The Overflow Of The Mataram NTB Unus River, BPBD: Controlled, Hopefully It Won't Rain

Flood conditions in Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara Province, due to overflowing water from the Mataram Unus River, Monday (10/2/2025). BETWEEN/HO-BPBD Mataram.

The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) said that around 500 families (KK) in Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province, were affected by flooding due to the overflow of Unus River.

Acting Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Mataram City, Irwan Rahadi, said 500 families were spread across nine neighborhoods on the edge of the Unus River.

"Residents affected by the flood, on average, residents who are on the edge of the Unus River flow are spread over nine neighborhoods," he said in Mataram, NTB, Tuesday, February 11, as reported by Antara.

A total of nine neighborhoods include Babakan, Abin Body, Gedur, Pagutan, Karang Buaye, East Pagutan, Karang Pule, BTN Kopajali, and the Mapak Environment.

Floods with a height of about 40-60 centimeters in nine neighborhoods were triggered by high rainfall intensity and continued to occur in shots, evenly rained from upstream to downstream and, and there was a broken embankment at several points at the Unus River.

However, so far no residents have fled and they chose to stay in their respective homes, by rescuing valuables in higher or safer places and the current conditions have receded.

"Alhamdulillah, so far it is still under control and hopefully it won't rain. For the losses of the residents, our team is still going down to conduct assessments in the field," he said.

Meanwhile, interventions carried out by the city government in addition to helping residents move valuables, he said, had been made a temporary embankment using sandbags in collaboration with the Public Works and Spatial Planning Service (PUPR).

In addition, the BPBD team carried out a suction at points that were considered to have a water disposal site, because if there were no water disposal sites, suction efforts could not be carried out.

Irwan appealed to the public to remain vigilant about the impact of extreme weather, especially based on information from BMKG ZAM Lombok that extreme weather has the potential to occur until February 13, 2025.

"Therefore, the public must continue to be vigilant," he said.