Heavy Rain Flood

Torrential rains  have hit Yogyakarta over the past few days.

Torrential rains  have resulted in flooding and landslides in several locations,

Torrential rains   have taken the lives of at least five individuals with one person still missing.

Agency revealed that Imogiri district in Bantul regency was the worst affected area. [kecamatan – kabupaten]

At least two houses on a hillside in Kedung village in Imogiri were destroyed by landslides,

killing three inhabitants, namely A, 89, B, 50, and C, 9. (penghuni)

“We have found the body of Trisno.

We are now escalating our efforts to find the other two victims.

A resident, said the landslides occurred on Sunday night at around 9 p.m. during a heavy downpour.

I noted that another Imogiri resident named Sudiatmoko, 80, and an unidentified resident of Bantul regency had also died in a landslide.

P, 70, who lived in Karang Tengah village of Imogiri reportedly died after her body temperature dropped drastically

when she became trapped in a house.

The recent torrential rains in Yogyakarta were caused by Tropical Cyclone Savannah in the Indian Ocean.

The rain caused flooding in four districts in Kulon Progo regency, nine districts in Gunung Kidul regency and 14 districts in Bantul regency.

Bantul Regent Suharsono has distributed aid to the affected areas.

He would declare an emergency response period for the next seven days.

Regency head = Regent

A seven-hour torrential downpour caused the flood,

The flood has forced 4,728 residents to evacuate to six different emergency shelters.

Meanwhile, the BNPB has estimated that 11,725 families have been affected by the flood.

Jayapura flash flood kills 50 people; evacuees in urgent need of help.

The floodwaters also demolished around 350 houses and inundated 211 others,

while public facilities were also torn apart by the disaster.

For the evacuees, the evacuation center set up by the Jayapura regent has provided medical treatment and a public kitchen.

At least five hospitals have also offered to help the evacuees.

The Forum has blamed deforestation in the Cyclops Mountains as the cause of the disaster.

As of Sunday afternoon, at least 50 people were reported killed and

273 families had been left homeless following a flash flood in Jayapura regency.

The flash flood occurred after heavy downpours in the area

from Saturday afternoon to the early hours of Sunday. – from to

Jayapura Regent Matius Awoitauw told

The survivors were in “urgent need” of emergency aid such as

food and medication and facilities for burying the dead.

Currently, 200 people are taking refuge at his residence

while 1,400 others are sheltering in nearby schools.

Dead bodies are being taken to hospitals in the region for identification purposes.

He added that the regional government was working with the National Police and the Indonesian Military

to record and evacuate any other residents from the area while building public facilities for evacuees.

The Cendrawasih Military Command has set up a public kitchen

A public kitchen that distributed 5,000 meals on Sunday at lunchtime.

the flooding mostly struck the Sentani Kota district,

affecting Kota, Hinekombe and Dobonsolo subdistricts and

five villages, Kampung Sereh, Yoboy, Yahim, Yobeh and Ifar Besar.

The regency administration also estimated that the flooding destroyed around 350 houses, 100 shophouses and two bridges.

the flood had carried away several houses.

he has seen nine houses being washed away.

Amateur videos and photos verified by BNPB show that the flood also carried away large trees and even a light aircraft.

Vehicles are seen immersed in mud after flooding in Sentani,

The airplane belonging to Cendrawasih Air that was parked in a hangar in Doyo Baru.

It was dragged several meters.

A BNPB helicopter was also dragged several meters from its position by the flood.

The government has yet to estimate the total material losses caused by the disaster.

Forum pointed to “massive” deforestation in a nearby mountainous area, known as the Cyclops, coupled with a large volume of water in Lake Sentani as contributory causes to the disaster.

We can see this from the branches and trees that are floating.

Those are not trees that have tumbled down in the rain, rather they are trees that have been cut down.

Some parts of the mountain had been turned into residential areas.

The deforestation in the mountain area had reduced the number of springs

The springs usually flowed into Lake Sentani.

overflowing of the lake occurred because of reclamation coupled with the dumping of garbage. (disertai dengan oleh).

The recent flooding was “more frightening” than a similar deluge in 2007 as his house was inundated within a mere six hours.

“[The flood] brought down large rocks from the mountain.

The torrent sounded like huge [ocean] waves.

He has moved to a nearby church following the flood.