SITUATION REPORT, Flooding in Pati Regency, Central Java

Heavy rain poured down the slopes of Mount Muria, which is the headwater of several rivers in Pati Regency, Central Java, from Wednesday night (13/7) to Thursday (14/7) in the morning. The heavy rain that lasted all through the night made the embankments of several rivers lose their capacity to accommodate the rising water discharge. As a result, the embankment broke and the water overflowed into residential areas. The disaster occurred when most of the population was asleep. The flood swept through several residents’ houses, like a “small tsunami” that hit indiscriminately. At the time of the incident in the middle of the night, there were dozens of houses that were swept away by the flash flood.

The next morning, when the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Pati Regency together with elements of Pati Regency government came to the location, there were several points of the embankment had broken and became the cause of the flash flood. Based on the assessment, Pati Regency BPBD Rapid Response Team (TRC) found that there was one point of a broken river embankment with a length of approximately 25 meters in Bulumanis Kidul Village. As a result, 6 houses were washed away and 11 houses were lightly to moderately damaged. Meanwhile in Tunjungrejo Village, as many as 7 houses were swept away by flash floods after the Sat River embankment collapsed, while 7 other houses were heavily damaged.

Source :

National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB)

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