Dozens of Houses Submerged in Floods in Peusangan Bireuen.

Heavy rain fell on Bireuen from Thursday afternoon to Friday, 28/6/2024, causing dozens of houses to be flooded in four villages in Peusangan Bireuen District.

The flood spillage from the south of the state road to the north was caused by drain plugs, irrigation canals overflowing and also caused by other factors.

There are four villages that were flooded by heavy rain and also temporary data sent from other villages, namely the Seuneubok Rawa, Alue Udeung, Cot Nga and Gampong Raya Tambo Village areas.

In the Cot Nga Village area, Balee Setuy, water overflowed through the irrigation airport into residents' homes, including keude in Balee Setuy and also the local elementary and high school.

Village roads were inundated with floodwater as high as 40 cm, as well as in the Keude Balee Seutuy area, flooding and heavy rain also crossed the road.

Several housewives said that spilled water from various villages, including the Alue Peuno Peusangan area, hit their village at around 03.00 WIB, Friday, 28/6/2024.

Cot Nga Village Secretary (Sekdes), Hendri Yunan, said that there were around 100 heads of families in Cot Nga whose houses were flooded with varying heights from 20 cm to 50 cm.

The flood that hit three hamlets in Cot Nga occurred starting at 05.00 WIB with the water level at some points reaching as high as an adult's waist. Areas hit by flooding include Mesjid Hamlet and Meunasah Hamlet as well as several other points.

Apart from Cot Nga in the Alue Udeung Village area, Peusangan, a village in the remote category, also experienced a similar disaster.

Head of Peusangan Bireuen Subdistrict, Teguh Mandiri Putera SSTP, told several local media that temporary data on flood victims from excess heavy rain that occurred from Thursday to Friday morning in Gampong Alue Udeng, Peusangan showed that a number of houses were inundated.

The sub-district head said that the Bireuen area, including Alue Udeung, was hit by heavy rain resulting in an overflow of water from the river channel in residential areas.

The overflow of water flooded residential areas and the water entered the residents' houses with water levels reaching 1 meter so they fled to neighboring houses.

Temporary data on houses inundated by floods include those belonging to Dekasufria (36), Murhadi (38), Sulaiman (60), Hanafiah
(46), Baktiar (47), Azwani (47) all in Alue Nie Hamlet, Alue Udeung Village.

Meanwhile, data collection is being carried out on flooded houses in the Cot Nga area. Head of Peusangan Subdistrict, Teguh Mandiri Putera S STP, said that he and village officials had gone directly to Alue Udeng on Thursday evening to closely observe the flood disaster.

"This flood disaster has been reported to the BPBD and also the Acting Regent of Bireuen and related agencies," he said.