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Flooding hits five Central Kalimantan regencies
Flooding due to heavy rains has affected vast areas of Central Kalimantan over the past two weeks, with at least five regencies inundated and more than 88,000 people affected as of Wednesday.
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Floodwaters inundate a developed area on Oct. 20, 2024 in Murung Raya regency, Central Kalimantan. (BPBD Murung Raya/-)
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series of floods has swept through swaths of Central Kalimantan and affected more than 88,000 people as of Wednesday, including hundreds who fled their homes in the five regencies of Murung Raya, Pulang Pisau, North Barito, Kapuas and South Barito.
According to the Central Kalimantan Disaster Mitigation and Firefighting Agency (BPBPK), the flooding has hit a total of 122 villages in 20 districts, inundating 383 public facilities and 20,700 residential structures, while 323 residents have been evacuated from their homes, mostly in Murung Raya.
“Murung Raya remains the most severely affected, with the floods continuing for eight days, impacting seven districts and 50 villages,” Central Kalimantan BPBPK chief Ahmad Toyib said on Wednesday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
Over 1,000 residents in each flooded district of the regency had been affected, the agency said, with the worst flooding recorded in Murung district, affecting 16,876 people and inundating 4,248 homes.
