Gorontalo – Flash floods swamped numerous locations of Gorontalo City after unremitting torrential rains lashed over the last couple of days.
Flooding occurred in the areas of Pilolodaa and Dembe in Kota Barat Sub-district, Gorontalo City.
” The floodwaters began to rise at 9 a.m. regional time. The water, bring wood and rubbish, came rolling down a hill located behind the residential complex onto the streets and settlement areas,” Suryanto, a local of Pilolodaa, mentioned.
Suryanto remembered the water level having increased thrice in the housing complex within half a day and immersed lots of houses, though later decreasing.
” Currently, it has actually started to decrease, and mud is still seen. We are worried that it might get flooded again, as the rains have not stopped,” he said.
The joint team of officers had gone to the location to help residents affected by the flooding.
In Dembe, flooding and landslide caused injury to Suri Hamzah, 60, who suffered from a broken leg after being squashed by a stone.
” The landslide caused damage to two houses. Floodwaters immersed several houses and damaged 2 homes and broke down a fence,” Dembe I Village Head Adriyun Katil mentioned.
Flooding likewise immersed a number of roads and interrupted traffic.
A large tree likewise got rooted out on the By Pass roadway in Tamalate area, Kota Timur Sub-district, thereby obstructing access to and from the Governor’s Workplace.
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