Rain Burst, Bantaran Area Of The Ciujung River, Lebak Banten Alert For Floods

Illustration. Bantaran Sungai Ciujung, Lebak Regency, Banten Province is on flood alert. (ANTARA-Mansur)

Bantaran Sungai Ciujung area, Lebak Regency, Banten Province is on alert for flooding. Rain with high intensity that hit the upstream area of Mount Halimun Salak National Park (TN Milik) made the river water overflow today, Thursday 29 December.

"We are now preparing to secure household furniture, for fear that tonight the Ciujung River water hit settlements," said Madropi (55), a resident of Cijoro Village, Lebak Rangkasbitung, Lebak Regency, Banten, Thursday, December 29, confiscated by Antara. The settlements around the banks of the Ciujung River reached thousands of families and they fled to a place provided by the local government if it was hit by a flood. The flood that hit residential areas along the banks of the Cijung River fled to schools, places of worship and buildings. Currently, the Cijung River which is located in urban Rangkasbitung has the status of being alert with a high water level of Ciberang -Cijung 422 centimeters and a water discharge of 733 cubic meters. "We believe that water shipments from the upstream area of TN

The Head of Rangkasbitung Sub-district, Lebak Regency, Yadi Basir appealed to people living around the banks of the Ciujung River to be aware of flooding in connection with the overflowing river water discharge. The people who live along the riverbanks include villages in MC Rangkasbitung Barat Village, East Rangkasbitung MC East, Cijoro Lebak, Cijoro Pasir, Kolelet Wetan Village and Pabuaran Village. "We have instructed the village, village and community unit to activate night patrols to anticipate flooding," he added.