Antara, Jakarta – Floods struck Sorong City, West Papua following heavy rains from Monday until early today, August 23, 2022. Other than 1,5-meter-high flooding, landslides also hit the area, killing two people.

Roads and thousands of houses in the city were inundated by floodwater. As of 09:46 eastern Indonesian time (WIT), the floods had not yet receded and slowed down community activities.

The city's disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) head, Herlin Sasabone, confirmed the hydrometeorological hazard on Tuesday. One house of Rufei Tanjung Batu, Pal Putih subdistrict, West Sorong District, was hit by a landslide. As a result, two residents died.

The victims were a 35-year-old mother and her eight-year-old son. They had been rushed to the Navy Hospital and would be returned to Salatiga, Central Java.

"There were three people in the landslide-hit house, namely the two victims and the father, Haryanto, who survived the disaster," Herlin explained

He added that the Sorong BPBD in collaboration with the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), the Indonesian Military (TNI), and the National Police continued to monitor the flood situation in the city.

"People who need help and see their homes damaged by landslides can report to the Sorong BPBD office," Herlin said.

Source: https://en.tempo.co/read/1625774/floods-hit-west-papuas-sorong-2-died-in-landslid