"Flash floods make the road of two villages namely Bukum and Cingkam villages cut off, " said Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Deliserdang, Darwin Sitepu, who was contacted by cellular telephone from Medan on Thursday night.
To avoid a more widespread impact, Deliserdang's BPBD Rapid Reaction Team has rushed to the location.
He said the heavy equipment belonging to the Deliserdang Public Works Agency, he said, had been deployed to the affected area to clear flood materials that covered the road.
"There were no victims, but floods have made the road cut off so that the two villages namely Bukum and Cingkam villages were isolated, " he said.
He stressed that the current conditions are not dangerous, because the location is quite far from another village, namely Martelu Village, Deliserdang.
Head of North Sumatra BPBD, Riadil Akhir Lubis said, North Sumatra BPBD continued to coordinate with the district BPBD in North Sumatra to reduce the impact of natural disasters.
North Sumatra Governor H Edy Rahmayadi on December 27, 2018, said that he had issued an early warning circular on extreme weather.
The Governor of North Sumatra asked the district heads / mayors throughout the province to conduct disaster preparedness socialization, especially in the watershed area from upstream to downstream.
Riadil said, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency in Medan reported that a number of areas in North Sumatra still have potential of heavy intensity rainfalls which could be accompanied by lightning / lightning and strong winds on April 18.
The potential for rain in some areas is expected to continue until 23.20 WIB.
Translator: Eliswan Azly
Editor: Bambang Purwanto
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