Flood Impacts and Causes

Flood is in a state where a region inundated by water in amounts so large. While floods are floods that come all of a sudden the river caused by the blockage or because of pengundulan forests along the river so damaging homes and causing casualties.

Floods almost every rainy season in Indonesia. Based on the value of losses and frequency of flood events shows that there is significant improvement. Occurrence of flood disasters is highly influenced by natural factors such as above normal rainfall and the presence of tidal sea water. Besides man-made factors also play an important role, such as inappropriate land use (residential areas along the river, the catchment areas, deforestation, etc.), disposal of garbage into the river, construction of settlements in the flood plain area and so forth.

Identify Causes Flood

• High rainfall
• Surface soil was lower than sea level.
• Located in a basin surrounded by hills with narrow keiuar water jetting.
• Many settlements are built on the plains along the rivers.
• river flow is not smooth due to the many garbage and building on the riverside.
• Lack of land cover in the headwaters area.

Actions To Reduce Flood Impacts

• Structuring an integrated watershed and appropriate land use.
• Development of monitoring and early warning system on the part of the river which often cause flooding.
• Not to build houses and settlements along the river and flooded areas.
• Do not throw garbage into the rivers. Entered the river dredging program.
• Installation of pumps to lower area of the sea surface.
• greening program headwaters of the river should always be carried out and to reduce activity in the flood-prone river.

What to Do When Flood

• Turn off the electricity in the house or contact the officer to turn off electrical power in areas hit by disaster,
• evacuate to a safe area as early as possible while still allowing water to cross.
• Avoid running near channel water to avoid floods swept. Immediately secure the valuables place higher.
• If the water kept rising contact related agencies for disaster management such as Head Office Village, Village Chief or Head.
What to Do After the Flood
• Immediately clean the house, where the floor is generally covered with mud and use an antiseptic to kill germs.
• Locate and prepare clean water to avoid outbreaks of diarrhea that is often contagious diseases after flood events.
• Be aware of the possibility of poisonous animals like snakes and centipedes, or animal diseases spreading like rats, cockroaches, flies, and mosquitoes.
• Try to always be alert when the possibility of subsequent flooding.