Pekanbaru: Six people died as flash floods and a landslide hit certain areas in Riau Province, Riau Disaster Mitigation Agency's (BPBD's) Acting Head Edwar Sanger stated at a meeting in Pekanbaru, Riau's capital, on Friday, December 20, 2019.
According to Sanger, the landslide buried two of the dead victims, while four others died due to the flash floods inundating certain areas in Rokan Hulu and Kuantan Singingi.
In addition, the floods inundated the areas of 216 villages in the districts of Rokan Hulu, Kampar, Pelalawan, Kuantan Singingi, Indragiri Hulu, and Rokan Hilir, thereby affecting 8,798 houses.
Due to the grave nature of such natural disasters, authorities in Kampar, Rokan Hulu, Pelalawan, and Indragiri Hulu had issued an emergency alert status in response to the threats of floods and landslides until the end of this year.
Moreover, the Riau provincial administration had also declared an emergency alert status in effect from December 20-31, 2019.
In assisting those in dire need of humanitarian aid, the Riau BPBD distributed food and medicine supplies, established public kitchens, and evacuated villagers to safer places.
based on the data from rge Riau BPBD, at least 25,133 families, or around 62,630 people, were affected by the floods and landslide, most of whom are in the districts of Kuantan Singingi and Kampar.
During the rainy season, certain parts of Riau are prone to flooding and landslides while during the dry season, wildfires continue to recurrently ravage this region. (Antara)
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