Pay Attention To Lebak Residents, BDPD Asks To Anticipate Burst Rain During The Night To Early Days

Illustration of BPBD members evacuating residents affected by the night floods. (Between)

The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) asked residents of Lebak Regency, Banten, to anticipate the impact of heavy rains to reduce disaster and casualties. Especially at night until early morning. "The bad weather in the area is still likely based on the BMKG report," said Lebak Regency BPBD Chief Executive Febby, Rizky Pratama, in Lebak, Banten, quoted from Antara, Friday, October 14. Rizky also asked the Lebak community to increase awareness of the bad weather marked by heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds. So far, Rizky said that Lebak's region has made flood-prone areas, landslides, high waves, tornadoes, because its topography is hilly, mountains, river flows and coastal coastal. "We ask residents to optimize security until early morning, because bad weather can cause natural disasters," he said. Lebak BPBD prepares evacuation equipment and logistics supplies to channel the needs of basic materials and medicines. In addition, it also mobilizes 28 core volunteers to carry out monitoring if facing heavy rainfall. "We ask residents if the rainfall is high, then it should evacuate to safer places," he said.

The Lebak BPBD recorded 655 houses affected by floods and landslides that occurred on Sunday, October 9, but did not cause casualties or evacuation. Of the 655 houses affected by the natural disaster, 124 houses were damaged by heavy, moderate and light categories. from October 9 to 23, 2022. "We hope that road and bridge infrastructure damage can be built as soon as possible so that people's lives return to normal," he said.