Floods That Were Damaged By People's Homes Until They Were Scattered In Solok Sorut, The Residents Were Cleaning Up

One of the residents while cleaning up the rest of the flood material that had previously submerged his house in Solok Regency, West Sumatra. ANTARA/Laila Syafarud

SUMBAR - A number of residents cleaned up the remaining flood material that hit Solok Regency, West Sumatra (West Sumatra). Floods hit after heavy rains flushed since Wednesday, November 16 morning.

Irma Wati (42), a resident of Koto Baru, Solok, said that she was only able to clean her house from flooded materials on Thursday, November 17 this morning.

"Because last night our family was forced to flee to the homes of relatives who were not affected by the flood," he said.

He said that the flood had submerged his house in Jorong Simpang, Nagari Koto Baru, Kubung District, since Wednesday, November 16 at 16.00 WIB. The flood began to recede on the same day at around 20.00 WIB.

Irma suspects that the flood came from a meeting between the swift current of the Batang Lembang River from the direction of Pencari Street and Batang Lembang River from the direction of Gadang Hill. As a result, the river overflowed inundated the residents' houses.

"In our residence, floods often occur. Only this year the water discharge is quite high. The water is about 1 meter and a half so our family has to be evacuated," he said.

Verawati (42), a resident affected by the flood, admitted that her motorbike was carried away by the flood currents. However, he managed to prevent it.

Head of BPBD Solok Armen said the floods in Solok Regency were at the points of Sawah Pasir, Lubuk Aie Mati, and Salayo along the Batang Lembang River.

The impact of this flood also caused the residents' houses in Lubuk Selasih Solok to be badly damaged. Meanwhile, a number of livestock were washed away and some of the residents' rice fields were submerged in water.

He appealed to the surrounding community to increase awareness of the anticipation of hydrometeorological natural disasters in the form of landslides and subsequent floods because they saw the intensity of the rain which was still quite high.