High Intensity raifall that occurred at the Batang Kuranji
river since noon causes flash floods that hits several city areas of Padang,
West Sumatra, Indonesia on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at around 4:00 PM.
The head of Data, Information and Public Relations of the
National Agency for Disaster Management, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, sent texts
through Blackberry message on Thursday, clarifying the areas the will be hits
by the floods. After that, Sutopo said that hundreds of houses in the three
districts Pauh, Kuranji, Luki, and Lubeg flooded. And up until now, there have
been no deaths or injuries due to the flash floods. And hundreds of residents
fled to higher ground areas.
In addition, Sutopo mentioned that Padang’s regional
disaster agency reported that there was a landslide occurred around the river
of the vilage of Batu Busuak. And police team, military, and disaster teams are
carrying out the evacuation shelter, food preparation, and distribution equipment,
and monitoring the disaster sides.
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