Semarang Port Area Still Flooded By Rob

Tidal flood/Photo: Antara

SEMARANG - The Tanjung Emas Port area and the Lamicitra industrial complex, Semarang City, Tuesday, May 24, were still inundated by tidal flooding and high waves so that no production activity could be seen.

The inundation of the tidal flood today is still quite high, around 1.25 meters to 1.5 meters and has caused road access to be closed.

A number of workers from a number of factories in the port industrial area were seen evacuating motorbikes which yesterday had to be left in the parking area.

They lead their respective motorbikes while walking through the tidal flood puddles as high as the waist of an adult.

Konah, a garment factory worker in the Semarang Port industrial area, admitted that he was desperate to evacuate his motorbike because he was worried that the damage would get worse if it was submerged in the tidal flood for too long.

When the tidal flood occurred yesterday, he immediately saved himself and his co-workers without having time to take a motorbike.

"The information we received is that the tidal flood will get worse, so I'm here to evacuate my motorbike," he said, quoted by Antara.

He hoped that his motorbike would not be badly damaged and the tidal flood would recede soon.

Based on the information gathered, due to this tidal flood, all production activities in the Tanjung Emas Port industrial area were stopped and the workers were laid off to wait for further notification.

As reported, tidal floods or tidal waters that overflowed the mainland with a height of more than 2 meters hit the coastal area of Semarang City, Central Java, Monday (23/5/2022), especially the area around Tanjung Emas Port.

Thousands of workers from a number of factories located in the Tanjung Emas Port industrial area saved themselves from the incident.

Apart from motorcycles and cars, thousands of sewing machines and production machines at a number of factories were also submerged by the tidal flood.

Dozens of containers or containers at the Tanjung Emas Port also seemed to be submerged by the tidal flood that occurred at the same time as high waves, and was exacerbated by the collapse of the sea wall in the port area.

Head of the Tanjung Emas Maritime Meteorology Station, Retno Widyaningsih, said that tidal flooding and high waves occurred due to the final cycle of the moon after the full moon and the earth with the moon in its closest position.

This natural phenomenon also hit coastal areas in the Regencies of Rembang, Pati, Demak, Pekalongan to Tegal.