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View all search resultsTorrential rains trigger widespread flooding in Grobogan
The disaster affected 42 villages across 10 districts, with water levels reported between 50 and 100 centimeters. Floodwaters also inundated 26 schools, more than 1,800 hectares of rice fields and severely damaged two houses.
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Floodwaters submerge Tinanding Village on Tuesday in Gubug District, Grobogan Regency, Central Java. Torrential rains have caused severe flooding across Grobogan regency, damaging key roads, inundating homes and submerging thousands of hectares of rice fields.
(Antara Foto/Aji Styawan)
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orrential rains have caused severe flooding across Grobogan regency, damaging key roads, inundating homes and submerging thousands of hectares of rice fields.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said heavy rainfall from Sunday night to Monday morning caused river levels to rise and embankments to collapse in at least seven locations, triggering widespread flooding.
The disaster affected 42 villages across 10 districts, with water levels reported between 50 and 100 centimeters. Floodwaters also inundated 26 schools, more than 1,800 hectares of rice fields and severely damaged two houses.
At least 9,000 families were impacted. While many residents initially evacuated to safe locations such as mosques and public facilities, most had returned home by Wednesday as waters began to recede, though cleanup efforts continue.
The flooding also damaged a section of the Grobogan-Semarang road in Godok district, cutting off a key transportation route in the regency.
Central Java Governor Ahmad Luthfi said authorities have provided food, clothing and medicines to affected residents. Temporary health posts have been set up to prevent disease outbreaks and students displaced by the flooding have been relocated to continue their studies.
Meanwhile, the social affairs agency has organized trauma healing programs for children and other vulnerable groups affected by the disaster.
