Floods In Leles And Sindangbarang Cianjur, PMI And Retana Hard Work Evacuating Hundreds Of Families

The connecting road between sub-districts and districts in Leles District, Cianjur, West Java, was temporarily cut off due to flooding as high as adult knees, Friday (23/9/2022). ANTARA/

CIANJUR - PMI and Disaster Resilient Volunteers (Retana) of BPBD Cianjur, West Java, rescued hundreds of families due to flooding in two sub-districts of Leles and Sindangbarang, Friday, September 23 night. PMI Cianjur Field Coordinator, Deni Rismanda when contacted said the heavy rain that hit most of the Cianjur area with an intensity of more than two hours caused the river in the southern region of Cianjur to overflow, thus commemorating the inter-district connecting road. "Rain has fallen for more than three hours, so since the evening we have appealed to residents to be vigilant and evacuate immediately when they see the river water overflowing. At around 20.35 WIB, river water overflowed to the road covering the runway as high as adult knees," he said, Antara, Friday night. Flash floods that almost simultaneously hit most of the centers of Leles and Sindangbarang sub-districts, as a result not only cutting off connecting routes, the flood also submerged hundreds of houses in the two areas, so most residents were asked to evacuate. "In Leles District, data is still being collected on how much data must be recorded, the house must have been submerged, but it is reported that 46 houses were flooded with heights ranging from an adult's knee to an adult's knee. Meanwhile, in Sindangbarang, more than 60 houses in three villages were reported to have been submerged," he said. His party together with Retana are still collecting data and sending officers in two separate locations to anticipate by evacuating residents if it rains until midnight. "Officers from PMI and BPBD Cianjur are heading to the location to collect data and evacuate them," he said. Secretary of BPBD Cianjur, Rudi Wibowo, said that his party had sent 12 officers complete with water suction equipment to two sub-districts to support residents and evacuate if the water continued to be high, commemorating residents' villages in Leles and Sindangbarang. "We don't know for sure how many houses were submerged in two sub-districts, but provisional reports that around a hundred families have been evacuated by volunteers in the field. We urge residents in flood-prone areas south of Cianjur to be vigilant and evacuate immediately if they see natural signs," he said.