Anticipate Extreme Weather, All Regions In Central Sulawesi Are Still Prone To Disasters

Floods submerged dozens of houses in Baru Village, Palu City, Central Sulawesi. (ANTARA)

PALU - Still in extreme weather, the Central Sulawesi Province Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) said almost all areas in its area were prone to disasters. According to the Head of Emergency and Logistics Division of Central Sulawesi BPBD, Andi Sembiring said, currently BPBD has raised its status to a disaster alert. "That is an area that is no longer difficult to access the location. Now there is no word waiting for forecast, all areas are on standby," he explained. In the process of disaster management, Central Sulawesi BPBD admitted that it was hampered by the slow information that entered the Central Sulawesi BPBD Disaster Management Operations Control Center (Pusdalops), thus slowing down the Assesmen process. "Our problems are usually only slow information, for example of events in the afternoon, we can only inform information at night," he said.

Central Sulawesi BPBD also thanked the Governor of Central Sulawesi, Rusdy Mastura for supporting and providing support to Central Sulawesi BPBD in terms of disaster management. "Alhamdulillah, the Governor has also helped, currently the honorarium for the rapid reaction team has also been raised," said Andi Sembiring.