INFOKU, BLORA –As many as three villages in Blora were affected by overflowing flood of the Wulung River .
There were 161 houses and 53 hectares of rice fields submerged in flood yesterday morning (21/1).
Floods entered settlements as high as 30 centimeters to 100 centimeters. However, no residents were evacuated.
Even though there are no evacuees, the Blora Regional Disaster Management Agency ( BPBD ) has prepared a public kitchen to help affected communities.
Head of the Blora BPBD Rapid Reaction Team ( TRC ) , Agung Triyono, revealed that three villages were affected by the overflow of the Wulung River, namely Mojorembun Village and Sumber Pikut, Kradenan District .
And, Gondel Village, Kedungtuban District .
“In Mojorembun Village, 76 houses and 15 hectares of rice fields were affected.
"The most affected in Sumber Village are 85 houses and 31 hectares of rice fields. Meanwhile, in Gondel Village, 7 hectares of rice fields were submerged," he said.
Tri explained that the overflow of water towards residential areas occurred in the morning.
In addition to hundreds of houses, tens of hectares of rice fields were also submerged.
Officers were then deployed to help residents until yesterday afternoon.
"We opened a public kitchen for affected residents in Mojorembun Village," he said.
He appealed to remain vigilant, because the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency ( BMKG ) predicted that the rainy season would still continue in Blora Regency.
Especially for villages located on the banks of the Bengawan Solo River , because the water discharge until yesterday tended to increase.
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"From our monitoring, until the afternoon (yesterday) the TMA (water level) trend in Kradenan was rising, still on green alert," he explained.
Separately, the Village Head ( Kades ) of Sumber, Kradenan District, Aris Susanto, revealed that the overflow of the Wulung River was caused by heavy and prolonged rain.
The Wulung River was unable to accommodate the water, so the water overflowed and submerged around five hamlets in the village.
Namely, Sumber, Jompong, Gayam, Jambirejo and Tambak hamlets.
"This afternoon (yesterday), thank God it has started to recede," he said.
Aris said that currently efforts are being made to provide assistance to affected residents.
The last flood disaster from the overflowing Kali Wulung occurred in 2020.
According to him, the condition of the river is still the same as before, there is no shallowing.
However, the intensity of the rain is high so it cannot accommodate the rainwater discharge.
"Our village is quite far from the river," he said.
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Apart from the overflowing Kali Wulung, the Bengawan Solo River also overflowed at 17.30 WIB yesterday (21/1).
River water began to enter the residential area of RT 8 Gadon Village, Cepu District , with a height of ten centimeters. (Endah/ IST )
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