Floods In South Lampung Soak 38 Villages, Majority Of Settlements And Rice Fields

The South Lampung BPBD team when collecting data on villages that were flooded. BETWEEN/Riadi Gunawan

The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) said as many as 38 villages spread across nine sub-districts in South Lampung Regency (Lamsel) were flooded with water levels of 15 centimeters to one meter.

The head of BPBD, South Lampung Regency, Ariswandi, said the floods that submerged dozens of villages occurred on Monday, April 21.

"From the results of the data collected by the South Lampung BPBD team, there are around 38 villages spread across nine sub-districts that were submerged and affected by the flood," he said in Kalianda, Thursday, April 24, which was confiscated by Antara.

According to him, the nine sub-districts affected by the flood were Kalida, Pengmediahan, Tanjung Bintang, Sidomulyo, Sragi, Natar, Candipuro, Palas, and Ketapang sub-districts.

"The majority who were submerged and affected by the flood were residential residents and rice fields," he said.

According to him, BPBD personnel continue to carry out intensive monitoring of flood conditions in the field.

"Until now, almost all of them have receded, but there are several villages that have been flooded," he said.

He ensured that in the South Lampung area, the natural disaster did not cause any casualties, but community activities were disrupted, because the flood submerged houses so that several residents were evacuated.

Therefore, he appealed to the public to always be vigilant considering that the rainfall in the area is still quite high.

"BPBD officers also conduct socialization of disaster management and urge residents to remain vigilant against the threat of natural disasters," he said.