CAUSES OF FLOODS IN SINTANG

A number of children play on the roads that flood on the edge of the Kapuas River, Sintang, West Kalimantan, Monday (22/11/2021). The Minister of Public Works and Housing of People (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono declared flooding in Sintang Regency occurs due to high rainfall as well as the water catching area at the Kapuas River hulu and Melawi River has been much reduced, so the river is so that the river is soaking especially at the dense river meeting point of population. ANTARA PHOTO/Jessica Helena Wuysang/hp.