JAKARTA - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) noted that as many as seven districts and cities in Jambi Province were flooded due to increased rainfall intensity in recent weeks.
Head of the Prevention and Preparedness Division of the Jambi Province BPBD, Ismail, said that of the seven districts and cities, thousands of houses were flooded and 99 thousand people were affected.
"Local governments are asked to immediately raise disaster status if conditions are not possible, so flood management can be carried out properly and does not cause casualties," he said in Jambi, Friday, March 14, as reported by Antara.
In the past week, the intensity of rainfall has continued to increase as a result of flooding still submerging residents' houses in Jambi Province.
The intensity of rain in Jambi Province is still quite high, which occurs in each region, so that conditions in a number of areas are flooded due to the overflowing of the Batanghari River.
The Jambi Regional Disaster Management Agency noted that of the 11 regencies and cities in Jambi Province, seven of them were flooded, such as Sungai Penuh City, Sarolangun Regency, Tebo, Bungo, Batanghari, and Muarojambi Regency, as well as Jambi City.
Ismail said that of the thousands of houses that were flooded, there were seven affected areas where two districts had raised their status to an emergency response, namely Tebo and Bungo Regencies.
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