KARAWANG - The Karawang Regency Government, West Java, will activate disaster-prone posts and call centers, as part of efforts to deal with natural disasters that have the potential to occur in the midst of extreme weather like today.
"In extreme weather like today, the potential for disasters is quite large. So it is necessary to anticipate and handle it early," said Karawang Regional Secretary Acep Jamhuri during a coordination meeting to prepare for a hydrometeorological disaster in Karawang, Antara, Tuesday, October 18.
Along with this, the Karawang Regency Government will activate disaster-prone posts and call centers. This has been conveyed to the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Karawang.
The Regional Secretary said that the Karawang Regency Government and all stakeholders are working together to find a way out in disaster management.
He conveyed that the public should remain vigilant and careful, pay attention to the appeal for early warning of disasters conveyed by BMKG through BPBD.
Meanwhile, Acting Head of BPBD Karawang Yasin Nasrudin said that BMKG West Java predicts that some areas of West Java have the potential to experience extreme weather in the next five days, from 17 to 22 October 2022.
According to him, Karawang is one of the areas that is expected to experience quite high rainfall. His party has anticipated if one day there is a flood by deploying volunteers.
"A total of 57 volunteers have been deployed at a number of flood-prone points in the Karawang area, such as in Cilamaya, Rengasdengklok, Cikampek and Karawang Kota," said Yasin.
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