Heavy Rain Attacked Banyumas Directly Flooded

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JAKARTA - Floods have again inundated a number of areas in Banyumas Regency, Central Java, due to heavy rains on Thursday, March 17 evening until Friday morning.

"Today (18/3) the flood inundation has increased again, especially in Plangapan Village, Tambak District," said Banyumas District Disaster Preparedness (Tagana) Coordinator, Ady Candra, Friday, March 18, quoted from Antara.

Even the highest areas in Plangkapan Village, which are usually not affected by flooding, are now inundated with water that reaches up to the knees of adults.

Currently, Tagana is evacuating residents affected by flooding in Plangkapan Village. Meanwhile in Sumpiuh Subdistrict, floods were reported to have inundated Nusadadi, Karanggedang, and Selandaka villages on Friday (18/3).

"Sumpiuh belongs to a basin area. When the flood occurred on March 15 yesterday, there were several villages that were not inundated. However, after it receded, two days later, villages that were not flooded were actually inundated because they were in the lowest area," said Sumpiuh Sub-district Head Ahmad Suryanto. .

According to him, the condition was exacerbated by heavy rains that occurred since Thursday (17/3) night which coincided with the full moon which resulted in high tides.

Due to the tide, he said, the flow of the Ijo River on the border of Banyumas and Kebumen regencies could not enter the sea, so it overflowed and inundated a number of surrounding areas.

"The flood inundation yesterday had receded to 15 centimeters, now it is high again. The water level in the yard reaches 70 centimeters, inside the house it is around 15-20 centimeters," he said.

Especially in Nusadadi, he said, the flood commemorated the entire village area. In fact, a number of residents, especially those living in Grumbul Nusapule (Nusadadi, ed.) have fled to their relatives' homes.

Nevertheless, he said that his party remained a number of refugee camps for residents of Nusadadi Village.

"We have also distributed food aid for displaced residents," he said.

When contacted, the Secretary of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Banyumas Regency, Gatot Eprie, said that heavy rains that occurred on Thursday (17/3) night had caused flash floods in Rawaheng and Pengadegan Villages, Wangon District, early Friday (18/3) morning. .

"Because of the hilly areas and the rain with high intensity, eventually the soil material on the hills is carried to residential areas and flash floods occur," he said.

In this case, the flash flood in Rawaheng Village was caused by the overflow of the Menggala River with a high inundation in residential areas ranging from 70-100 centimeters, resulting in damage to 15 houses.

Meanwhile in Pengadegan Village, the flash flood came from the overflowing Citalang River, causing 50 houses to be lightly damaged, three houses to be heavily damaged, one TK Pertiwi building slightly damaged, and one bridge broken.

In addition to flash floods, heavy rains that have occurred since Thursday (17/3) night also caused a 6 meter high and 3 meter wide cliff to slide in the early hours of Friday (18/3) to hit the kitchen part of the house owned by Suwanti (42), a resident of Randegan Village. RT 04 RW 02, Wangon District.

A cliff 10 meters high and 5 meters wide in Jurangbahas Village RT 01 RW 04, Wangon District, was also reported to have avalanche on Friday (18/3) morning and hit the kitchen of Maghfuron's house.