Jakarta, Feb 13 (ANTARA) - Torrential rains in the mountainous tourist resort areas of Puncak and Bogor created flash floods Friday evening and Saturday morning that swept through Bogor city down to Jakarta, inundating tens of residential complexes and hundreds of houses.
The Puncak retreat area and Bogor have been the main sources of flash floods that inundated Jakarta during the rainy season because 13 rivers that run down from these areas crisscross the capital city before the water empty into the sea.
At least 716 houses in five subdistricts in Bogor namely Bogor Timur, Bogor Tengah, Bogor Utara, Tanah Sareal and Bogor Selatan, were damaged by the flood, local government spokesman Abdul Muid said on Saturday.
The flood also ruined 53 public facilities there. The 716 damaged houses included 195 heavily damaged, 81 moderately while the other 549 slightly damaged. The heavy downpour triggered flash flood also killed one resident in Cisarua subdistrict, Puncak.
Cisasruan police chief Ajunct Police Commissioner Hadi Santoso who on Friday night was still at the disaster location, said the woman killed was identified as Yuyu (20), of Kampung Burujul, Cisarua subdistrict, while Mrs Mimin (50) and a five-year old infant survived, but with injuries now treated at the Dr M Goenawan Partowidigdo hospital in Cisarua.
Two houses at Katulampa, East Bogor sub district, were swept away by the flash flood, and 64 other houses as well as roads were inundated, Abdul Muid, coordinator of Bogor's emergency response task force, said.
The flood had also affected Bantar Jati and Babakanmadang neighborhoods, Central Bogor sub district. One shop was swept away, tens of houses and a chicken farm were inundated. Around 1,000 chickens were also swept away in the disaster.
The Jambu Dua traditional market stood in around one-meter-deep flood waters.
The Saturday flood that inflicted tens of millions of rupiah in material damage on local residents was caused by the overflow of Ciliwung river, one of the 13 rivers that divide Jakarta areas and empty into the Jakarta Bay.
"The Ciliwung river overflowed as the water level at the Kantulampa water gate reached a height of 250 cm. Heavy rains and strong winds made the flood worse," Abdul Muid said.
As the Bogor city and Puncak areas are vulnerable to floods and landslides, the Bogor local government has virtually imposed an emergency alert status on the whole of Bogor district from December 2009 to March 2010.
Bogor district's disaster management agency has deployed 121 of its workers to 12 flood- and landslide-prone areas in its jurisdiction in anticipation of an increase in natural calamities during the current rainy season.
Each targeted area have received two 10-member teams to help locals face emergency situations, the secretary of Bogor district's disaster management agency, Suhandri, said earlier.
The 12 targeted areas were Cisarua, Megamendung, Ciawi, Cigombong, Cijeruk, Caringin, Sukajaya, Nanggung, Babakanmadang, Citeureup, Gunungputri and Cileungsi.
Saturday evening, the floods had started to subside but residents in flood-prone areas were warned to evacuate as more flooding was expected. "The flood has subsided. The affected-inhabitants have started to clean up their houses with the help of disaster mitigation personnel," Abdul Muid said.
As the floods in upper areas in Bogor also reached the capital city in its other buffer downs such as Bakasi in the east. Originated in Bogor the flood waters inundated at least six residential complexes located along the Bekasi River, West Java, with the water level reaching an average height of one meter.
Thousands of families living at Villa Nusa Indah, Pondok Mitra Lestari, Kemang Ivy, Pondok Gede Permai, and Jaka Sampurna housing complexes, Jati Asih sub district, were affected by the flash flood, Yusrizal, head of Bekasi's waterway service, said.
"The flash flood started at 11 pm local time on Friday and subsided at around 3 am local time on Saturday. The flood was due to a change in land spatial in Bogor," he said when inspecting flood-hit Pondok Mitra Lestari housing complex, Jati Rasa, Jati Asih sub district. "Earlier we had sent a warning to local residents through their neighborhood leaders," he said.
Oman Rachman (45) of Pondok Mitra Lestari complex said at least 600 families were affected by the flood in his area. Bayu Permana Putra, a flood victim, said he was panic stricken as his house was submerged by at least one meter deep.
In the meantime, a number of areas, particularly those in river banks, were also affected by the floods.
"A number of areas in Jakarta, river bank areas in particular, have been affected by the Bogor flash floods," M Amron, acting director general of hydropower resources of the Ministry of Public Works, said.
He said that on Saturday morning, the water level at Manggarai sluice, South Jakarta, had reached 805 centimeters, exceeding the normal level of 750 cm. The overflow of Ciliwung river affected residential areas in Kalibata (Rawa Jati), Gg Arus, Bidaracina, Kampug Pulo, Bukit Duri. These areas are located in East and South Jakarta.
Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih and Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono visited the flood location the flood affected Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta.
"We are ready to provide assistance such as medicines to anticipate possible outbread of diseases such as diarrhea and leptospirosis ," Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said.
In the meantime, chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), Jusuf Kalla who is also former vice president, shortcut his visit to Bangka Belitung in order to observe the floods in Jakarta.
"He shortcut his visit because he wanted to visit the flood-affected areas in Jakarta," Ulla Nuchrawaty, PMI organizational affairs head, said.
(T.A014/A/HAJM/B003)
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