Using Inflatable Boats, Padang Pariaman BPBD Evacuates Flooded Residents

Padang Pariaman BPBD personnel evacuated residents affected by the flood. (ANTARA/HO-BPBD Padang Pariaman)

PARIK MALINTANG - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra evacuated hundreds of families affected by flooding in several sub-districts due to high-intensity rain that hit the area on Wednesday, September 21 afternoon.

"We are evacuating residents to high places but there are residents who remain in their homes", said Padang Pariaman BPBD Chief Executive Budi Mulya in Parik Malintang as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, September 22.

He said that due to high-intensity rains hitting the area since yesterday, at least several sub-districts in Padang Pariaman, namely Ulakan Tapakih and Batang Anai, have been flooded since Wednesday night with a height of up to 2.5 meters.

Two villages in Ulakan Tapakih Sub-district were affected by the flood, namely Nagari Sandi Ulakan with 13 families affected, while in Nagari Kapuang Galapuang Ulakan the number of affected families reached 190 families.

Meanwhile, in Batang Anai Nagari Sub-district, the affected ones are Sungai Buluah Selatan with the number of families affected by the flood reaching 80 families.

In addition to submerging houses, he continued, dozens of hectares of rice fields, tens of hectares of agricultural land, dozens of units of fish ponds, several houses of worship, and several educational facilities were flooded.

"Although the flood has begun to recede, our team is still on standby", he said.

In addition to flooding, Padang Pariaman also experienced landslides that hit the road, disrupting the mobility of people in the area.

The locations of the landslides were Nagari Kudugantiang Barat and Nagari Gunung Padang Alai in District V Koto Timur.

"We have cleaned the landslide material together with residents", he said.