26 Districts In Cianjur Prone To Disasters, BPBD Alerts Ratana Personnel To Evacuate Residents

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CIANJUR - A total of 26 of the 32 sub-districts in Cianjur, West Java, have disaster-prone status. BPBD Cianjur alerted all disaster-resilient volunteers (Retana) in each sub-district following higher rainfall.

"Only six sub-districts are not too prone to disasters, such as Cianjur, Karangtengah, Cilaku, Sukaluyu and Ciranjang sub-districts. Most of the sub-districts are prone to natural disasters from floods and landslides," said Acting Head of the Cianjur BPBD, Tedi Artiawan in Cianjur, Antara, Wednesday. , October 23.

Throughout 2021, the dominance of landslides and ground movements occurred in dozens of southern sub-districts and some in the northern area of Cianjur.

So that his party continues to urge volunteers to increase vigilance and immediately evacuate residents if they see natural signs.

Although it has not yet established a disaster alert status because it is waiting for the BMKG's decision, it appealed to villages and sub-districts to disseminate disaster preparedness to residents, especially in areas prone to floods, landslides and ground movement from north to south of Cianjur.

"We also ask residents to be alert and observant in reading natural signs of a natural disaster. Immediately evacuate if it rains heavily with an intensity of more than two hours, especially for residents who live on riverbanks," he said.

BPBD Cianjur, noted throughout 2021, reports of natural disasters that occurred more than 100 events.

Starting from landslides in the south and land movements in the north, to hurricanes. There were no casualties, only dozens of houses were damaged and hundreds more were threatened.

He hopes that by alerting hundreds of volunteers in each sub-district, it can reduce the number of fatalities when a disaster occurs. By immediately evacuating residents when they see natural signs, especially when it rains heavily with high intensity.