Extreme Weather, NTB Manggarai Regency Government Build Command Posts Every District

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The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of East Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, has optimized the Disaster Preparedness Post as a mitigation measure against potential disasters due to the extreme weather estimated by BMKG to last until February 12, 2023. "We have activated an emergency alert post in each sub-district. There is an affirmation letter to all sub-districts regarding the notification of extreme weather so that it can also be forwarded to the public," said East Manggarai Regency BPBD Chief Executive Petrus Subin when contacted from Mbay, Nagekeo Regency, Wednesday. BMKG some time ago gave an extreme weather-related statement that could trigger the occurrence of hydrometeorological disasters due to the emergence of Tropical Cyclone around the territory of Indonesia. in its press release, Sunday, BMKG asked local governments and communities to be alert to extreme weather that could cause a lot of losses. Responding to such information, the East Manggarai Regency Government has conducted a coordination meeting of the Regional Disaster Management Acceleration Team with a focus on increasing the task of posts located in districts and sub-districts. East Manggarai Regency Government furthermore also published a flow of the mechanism of acceleration of regional disaster management. Petrus mentions the flow of the mechanism is related to the handling of catastrophic reporting by the community. "So there is a fast disaster management system. Disaster events are reported by the village head to the regent so that the relevant regional apparatus can take quick and appropriate handling steps," said Petrus. While activating an emergency alert post to receive disaster event reporting, BPBD East Manggarai also continues to urge the public to be alert to be catastrophic potentials such as floods and landslides due to extreme weather, as predicted by BMKG. Various proactive steps are directed by BPBD to be carried out by the community, such as self-evacuating if the intensity of the rain is high with long duration. This warning is specifically for residents who live on the coast, riverbanks, riverbanks/obed areas, and hill slopes. "There is a potential for strong winds, so that fragile and easily collapsing tree branches must be cut off to anticipate damage to houses due to being destroyed trees," he said.