Three sub-districts in West Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara were hit by floods, causing two bridges to collapse on Saturday.
Reported by ANTARA NTB from the Pusdalops-PB BPBD NTB, Saturday, the flood occurred in East Sekotong Village and Eat Mayang Village in Lembar District.
Furthermore, Sekotong Tengah Village and Pelangan Village in Sekotong District, as well as Karang Bongkot Village in Labuapi District.
Head of BPBD NTB, Ahmadi said that this flood was caused by rain with moderate to heavy intensity and a long duration from 04.00 to 13.25 Wita.
"Due to the long-term rainfall, the river water discharge increased and there were puddles in a number of areas, resulting in flooding and impacting infrastructure and community activities," he said.
He said that two bridge units collapsed or suffered heavy damage in East Sekotong Village, Lembar District and the highway was flooded and disrupted access to transportation and community mobility in Eat Mayang Village.
"Meanwhile, in the Central Sekotong Village, Pelangan Village, Sekotong District and Karang Bongkot Village in Labuapi District are still in the data collection process," said Ahmadi.
He said that currently the team from BPBD NTB and BPBD West Lombok continues to coordinate and handle disasters together with a number of elements involved such as the TNI/Polri and sub-district and village apparatus. For urgent needs, it is still being data-mined.
"Currently, some areas are still flooded and the weather is still potentially rainy. Affected communities have begun to clean the environment independently," he said.
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