Heavy rain causes flood in Tangerang

Heavy rain causes flood in Tangerang

Tangerang: Heavy rains caused flooding throughout several
residential complexes in Tangerang last Saturday.

The affected complexes were the Alam Jaya, Pondok Arum and
Regency Permai housing estates in Periuk district, as well as the
Taman Cobodas housing estate in Cibodas district and the Total
Persada housing estate in Pasar Kemis district.

Flood waters reached up to one meter high in Alam Jaya, 1.4
meters in Taman Cobodas, and 50 centimeters in Total Persada and
Pondok Arum.

When The Jakarta Post visited the complexes Saturday morning,
the flooding had subsided to 30 centimeters.

The flood, which forced the evacuation of many residents to
safer areas, was caused by the Kali Sabi River, which had
overflowed its banks, that passes through those housing
complexes.

According to Felix Mulyana, coordinator of the Tangerang SAR
(Search and Rescue) Team, 75 members of his team were deployed to
help evacuate the residents from the complexes, which had also
been hit earlier this year by the floods in January and February,
when floodwaters had reached 2 meters.

Felix said that although the waters of the Cisadane River had
dropped by 50 centimeters since last Saturday, his team would
continue to monitor it.

He added that in anticipation of more flooding, the SAR had
also established flood monitoring posts at community units in all
subdistricts of Tangerang that are prone to flooding.--JP