PORTALJABAR, BANDUNG CITY - The wet hydrometeorological disaster that occurred on Tuesday (3/12/2024) had an impact on a number of locations in Sukabumi Regency.

Temporary data collected by the West Java Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) as of Thursday (12/12/2024) at 07.00 WIB, the number of affected victims was 8,830 families/20,722 people.

Then the displaced victims were 4,653 families/13,459 people, the threatened victims were 620 families/1,655 people. It was recorded that 10 people died and two residents are still missing.

Until today, the search for missing victims Mr. Eros and Mr. Ojang continues considering that the emergency response period has been extended for seven days, starting from December 11 to December 17, 2024.

The results of the data collection show that there is an increase in the number of affected residents spread across 184 villages, in 39 sub-districts in the Sukabumi area. This data change can occur because the data movement is still very dynamic.

In addition to updates on the number of residents affected and displaced, it was reported that 1,605 houses were slightly damaged, 1,829 houses were moderately damaged, and 2,058 houses were severely damaged. Meanwhile, repair and relocation efforts are still in the data collection stage.

BPBD Sukabumi Regency coordinated with local authorities, BPBD West Java Province and other related agencies continue to collect data on the impact of damage. BPBD West Java Province provided heavy equipment assistance to open roads in Pabuaran District.

BPBD noted a number of urgent needs such as ready-to-eat food/basic necessities, blankets, sleeping mats, spare clothes for adult men and women, spare clothes for children boys and girls, etc.