Warga Terdampak Banjir Pekalongan Masih Bertahan di Pengungsian
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00:00As a result of the heavy rain that has flooded the city of Pekalongan, Central Java since Saturday afternoon,
00:07the flood that has been going on for four days has risen again.
00:11The affected areas of the floods include Kampung Baru, Tirto District, West Pekalongan District, which previously had been drained, is now flooded again.
00:21As a result of the condition, dozens of survivors were forced to move to a safer office in West Pekalongan District.
00:30The head of the Preparation Section for the Prevention of Disasters Department of the City of Pekalongan, Dimas Arga Yuda,
00:35when met on February 2 said,
00:38although the water level has increased, the flood has only submerged six villages,
00:44and the total number of evacuees has been centralized at three points from the previous six points.
00:50From the latest data, the number of evacuees recorded 281 souls from the previous 360 souls.
01:00Last night, Saturday, February 1, 2025, until this morning, it was raining.
01:07So, unfortunately, the river that has not been cleared today has been cleared again,
01:14and hopefully in the future it will be fully flooded because the weather, thank God, is quite hot all day.
01:23Sumengbara is one of the residents who are still staying in a house that is flooded.
01:27Wati said that the water level at the opening increased by 30 cm,
01:32so that the current depth of the flood reaches 70 cm more.
01:38From last night, if yesterday afternoon, it was already down.
01:42But since last night, it hasn't rained yet, and the intensity of the high water level,
01:48from 11 o'clock in the evening until early in the morning,
01:51I think it's almost 30 cm more.
01:55In the afternoon, there was a flood in the residential area in front of our house,
02:00it was almost 70 cm.
02:05The BPBD hopes that the weather conditions that have improved today will make the flood flow faster.
02:12From the Central Java region, Yusufa Thoni, Antara News Agency, reported.
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