BPBD Noted That 186 Houses In Lebak Panggarangan Were Submerged In Floods

Illustration of flooding on Captain Tendean Street, Mampang Prapatan, Jakarta, in February 2021. (Antara-Aprillio Akbar)

BANTEN - A total of 186 houses in Panggarangan, Lebak, Banten, were affected by floods due to heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds and lightning on Saturday night September 24. "We ask the public to remain vigilant, because it is feared that aftershocks will occur in connection with entering bad weather in the next week," said Head of the Emergency and Logistics Section of the Lebak Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Agus Reza Faisal, Sunday, September 25.

The floods that hit Panggarangan were spread across Situregen Village, Sukajadi Village, Hegarmanah Village, and Panggarangan Village. Currently, the local community has returned to their respective homes after the flood receded. "We hope that heavy rains for more than two hours are better for residents to evacuate to safer locations," he said.

According to him, people affected by the flood received basic material assistance from the southern region of the Social Service. This is because the villages that were hit by the flood to go to Rangkasbitung as a district center are quite far apart. "We hope that the basic food assistance can reduce the burden on the family's economy," he said.

A number of Panggarangan residents admitted that the flood that hit the settlement was due to the overflow of the Cilemer River due to high rainfall. "We are now again occupying the houses of each of which were flooded by as high as 70 centimeters," said Nurman (50), a resident of Situregen, Panggarangan, Lebak Regency.