Residents Start Cleaning Their Houses from Remains of the Semeru Rain Lava Flood
The Lumajang Regency Government has alerted all its staff to assist with disaster management needs.
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DAHLIA IRAWATI
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DOKUMENTASI PEMKAB LUMAJANG
DPMPTSP URC Support Team for handling mud in Sekarputih Hamlet, Sumberejo, Lumajang, East Java.
MALANG, KOMPAS — The government of Lumajang Regency, East Java, is deploying staff in the Lumajang Regency environment to assist in the process of cleaning the houses of residents affected by the rain lava flood Mount Semeru. Apart from cleaning up the flood scars, psychosocial handling of victims affected by the Semeru rain lava floods was also carried out.
"Today, we ordered the local government staff to assist residents in cleaning impacted homes due to flooding. Hopefully, this disaster can be dealt with effectively," said Acting Regent of Lumajang, Indah Wahyuni, on Saturday (April 20, 2024).
During the emergency response period hydrometeorological disaster due to the lava rain of Mount Semeru, the Lumajang Regency Government alerted all its staff to assist with disaster management needs. The emergency response will be held on April 19-May 2 2024.
Amidst the flood of volcanic ash, residents are mining sand in the Besuksat stream that originates from Mount Semeru in Pasrujambe District, Lumajang Regency, East Java, on Sunday (17/1/2021). Mount Semeru erupted on Saturday (16/1/2021), throwing volcanic materials as far as 4.5 kilometers from its peak.
Data from the Lumajang Regency BPBD records that the impacts of the Semeru volcanic eruption flood were felt by residents in 9 districts, 15 villages, and 4 urban villages in Lumajang. The nine districts are Lumajang, Pronojiwo, Candipuro, Pasirian, Sukodono, Sumbersuko, Pasrujambe, Padang, and Tempeh.
In this incident, three people died from being hit by landslides and dragged by the flood of Semeru's volcanic mud. The impact of the volcanic mud flood is widespread as the flow passes through the Regolo, Glidik, and Mujur River Basins. This flow reaches downstream to the city of Lumajang.
Meanwhile, the Disaster Response Cadet Team (Tagana) of Lumajang Regency noted that several bridges were damaged. These bridges include Kloposawit Bridge in Kloposawit Village, Candipuro District (the bridge is cracked and eroded); Ringin Putih Bridge in Nguter Village, Pasirian District (the bridge is intact while the road there is cut off); and the connecting bridge between Joho Hamlet and Tergir Hamlet in Pasirian Village, Pasirian District (cut off/collapsed).
In addition, the Kali Regoyo Bridge in Gondoruso Village, Pasirian District (is disconnected); the Sumberlangsep Bridge in Jugosari Village, Candipuro District (is disconnected); and other bridges.
Semeru Peak was photographed on Thursday (9/12/2021) in Supiturang Village, Pronojiwo, Lumajang.
"For infrastructure improvements, we prioritize bridges that connect between villages, districts, or with other regencies. However, the process takes time," said Indah.
In response to the disaster in Lumajang, the University of Brawijaya (UB) sent a disaster response team to the affected area. The Emergency Rescue Team from the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Student Health Institute of the Faculty of Medicine dispatched the team. The team departed for the disaster location in the early hours of Friday (19/4/2024) from the Faculty of Medicine towards Lumajang.
This volunteer team consists of Riski Nur Fadilah, Nadya Zafira Siregar, and Dea Safina Sari from the ERT FIKES team, Naaila Azzahra, Muhammad Fauzan Rabbani, Rajveer Singh Mann from Lakesma FK, dr. Aurick Yudha Nagara SpEM, KPEC, and Mauluddin as the ambulance driver.
The impact of the flood caused by volcanic mudflows is widespread as the flow passes through the Watershed Area (DAS) of Regolo, Glidik, and Mujur. The downstream flow reaches the city of Lumajang.
According to Riski Nur Fadilah, the UB disaster team brought several equipment and medicines. "The equipment brought includes blankets, vests, mats, sleeping bags, gas, raincoats and mattresses. "For health needs, diapers of various sizes, mats, blankets," he said.
The team also brought medical equipment such as surgical masks, long and medium gauze, sampling gauze, NS fluids, as well as several types of medication and multivitamins. They will be there to provide medical assistance if residents need it.
