Floods And Landslides Hit Bunut Hulu, West Kalimantan, 1 Bridge Washed Away

A bridge in Segitak Village, Bunut Hulu District, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan was swept away by the current during floods and landslides. BETWEEN/HO-BPBD Kapuas Hulu. (Teofilusianto Timothy)

WEST KALIMANTAN - A total of five villages in Bunut Hulu District, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, were hit by floods and landslides. As a result, one bridge unit in Segitak Village was swept away by the water.

"Floods and landslides due to the intensity of heavy rain resulted in a number of rivers overflowing and landslides occurring and one bridge unit in Segitak being washed away," said Head of the Kapuas Hulu Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Gunawan, Thursday 9 November, as reported by Antara.

Gunawan explained that five villages were flooded, namely, Temuyuk Village, Pantas Bersatu, Nanga Payang, Bakung Permai and Segitak Village. The flood hit since 04.00 WIB, Thursday, November 9.

According to him, one of the connecting bridges in Segitak Village was washed away by the water current and also inundated the national road in Temuyuk Village, Bunut Hulu District.

Gunawan said, in Temuyuk Village there were 370 heads of families with a total of 1,100 people affected by the flood, including places of worship, village offices and school buildings.

The condition of the water discharge is still rising with an average depth of 250 centimeters from the ground surface and submerging approximately 800 meters of local roads.

Then in Pantas Bersatu Village there were six heads of families with 20 people affected by the flood, but the flood conditions are now gradually receding.

Apart from that, in Bakung Permai Village, 120 heads of families with 345 people were affected by the flood, with water levels still rising.

Furthermore, in Nanga Payang Village there are 112 heads of families with a total of 330 people affected by flooding, a depth of 250 centimeters from the ground surface with water levels still rising.

Meanwhile, in Segitak Village there were 142 families with a total of 433 people and this caused one bridge to be washed away by the current.

For this reason, said Gunawan, his party (BPBD) will go directly to the disaster location to coordinate with the village head to report incidents for handling policies affected by the flood.

He also appealed to the public to always be alert to the recent extreme weather conditions.

"What you need to watch out for are natural disasters, floods, landslides and strong winds or tornadoes which could happen at any time," said Gunawan.