Sad News From Central Sulawesi, Dozens Of Houses Of Residents Of Tomini Parigi Moutong Submerged In Flood

Floods submerged a number of villages in Tinombo District, Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi after heavy rains on Sunday, September 12 (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - At least 50 houses in Tomini District, Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi were flooded due to heavy rains that flushed the area.

"Floodings occurred in six villages due to heavy rains, causing river water in the villages to overflow to residential areas," said Head of the Trantib Section, Tomini Nuryadin, who was contacted from Palu, as reported by Antara, Monday, September 13.

He said that the six villages affected by the flood were Tingkulang, North Tomini, West Ogotomubu, Ogotomubu, and Ntaniuge Village.

The local government admitted that it could not confirm how many houses were severely, moderately, and lightly damaged due to the impact of the flood.

"A number of submerged areas are often hit by floods during high rainfall," said Nuryadin.

Reportedly, local village officials temporarily evacuated residents to a safe place, some of them even went to relatives' homes to seek protection.

He explained that since the last few days the weather in the district had been unfriendly, but on Sunday afternoon heavy rains lashed the area so that the river body was unable to accommodate the heavy flow.

"The water level is about 100 centimeters. The water overflows 100-200 meters from the riverbank," he added.

The sub-district head, Tomini Mukmin Muharam, admitted that he was concerned about this incident that happened to his residents, because in the last three months floods have often hit the sub-district.

"I have coordinated with the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) to handle a number of rivers, but BPBD can only realize the embankment construction budget in the revised budget, while normalization must be carried out quickly because this concerns the safety of the residents," Mukmin said.

In order to find a solution for dealing with flooding, he coordinated with a number of members of the DPRD Central Sulawesi Province (Dapil) Parigi Moutong constituency for emergency handling.

"A member of the Central Sulawesi DPRD from Parigi Moutong promised to visit a number of flood locations in Tomini Sub-district in the near future," said Mukmin.