Floods in the Lahat Regency area, Indonesia's South Sumatra. (Photo: kompas.id) Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has said that it ensured sufficient relief aid logistics for handling floods inundating many areas of South Sumatra province.
According to the BNPB, relief goods are stored at the South Sumatra Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) warehouse and will be distributed to help the flood victims.
Earlier, the BNPB disbursed operational funds worth 1.85 billion IDR (over 116,000 USD) and equipment for handling the floods that have hit South Sumatra over past two weeks, and displaced 19,890 households.
The operational funds and equipment were distributed to regional disaster mitigation agencies (BPBD) at the provincial and district levels.
The catastrophe, caused by the recent intense heavy rainfall, resulted in over 35,300 houses being flooded; 13 bridges being damaged and collapsed; 289 houses incurring moderate to serious damage; and two others being swept away.
The flooding also submerged a 126.65-km-long road; 8,70 ha of palm and rubber plantations, and nearly 1,180 ha of rice fields, and inundated 211 public facilities.
The BNPB also delivered relief aids including ready-to-eat food, blankets, refugee tents, and 2,750 staple food packs./.
