Floods In Poso Regency Due To Overflow Of River Water After Heavy Rain

A resident of Ampuriwo Village, Southeast Pamona Subdistrict, Poso Regency is cleaning his house due to flooding that hit the village on Thursday morning. ANTARA/HO-BPBD Central Sulawesi Province

PALU - Floods hit Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi Province (Sulawesi) on Thursday at around 02.00 WITA to be precise in Amporiwo Village, Southeast Pamona District, due to overflowing river water after heavy rains flushed the area.

"Heavy rains with high intensity caused the Amporiwo River to overflow because it was unable to accommodate all the rainwater discharge, causing the Amporiwo Village to be flooded," said Head of Logistics and Emergency Division of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Central Sulawesi Province, Andi Sembiring when contacted in Palu, reported by Antara, Thursday, May 12.

He said the water level that inundated the residents' houses reached 50 centimeters. In addition to residents' houses, the flood also inundated cattle pens, plantation land and roads along Weyura Village - Amporiwo Village.

Until now, at least nine houses of residents recorded were affected by the flood. There have been no reports of casualties due to the incident and residents chose not to evacuate and stay in their homes until the water receded.

"The urgent need now is to normalize the Amporiwo River and make gabions along the river so that when heavy rains return, the water does not overflow into residential areas," he said. flood-affected facilities and infrastructure.

He appealed to the residents of Amporiwo Village to remain vigilant and always ready to anticipate similar disasters that could occur at any time.

"Until now there have been no reports of casualties. We continue to coordinate with the Poso BPBD to anticipate a bigger impact due to the flooding that occurred," he added.