Suwardi, Ketanjung villagers, Karanganyar District, Demak Regency, Central Java, still have not forgotten the sound of the water that struck the Wulan River to the stalks on Thursday 8 February 2024, struck the fajar, about 03.30 WIB when the first flood happened. The 53-year man is one of the many people who for many years living in the left side of the Wulan River.
The flooded soil at the beginning of February has not been completely dry, but the mapping back homes. The event starts from extreme rains that fall in most of the Jateng region in March 2024 the first week of the month of Ramadan, precisely Wednesday (13/3) to Saturday (15/3) due to three tropical cyclone seeds and a number of climate anomaly phenomena. The height of the water discharge makes six tanggul river jelly and water discharge several rivers overflowing. The island, the Wulan River that empowers tampung about 800 cubic meters per second should hold water up to 1,300 cubic meters per second to make the tanggul back the thumbs at the same point, as well as a number of stalks and river water limps of the river flow area (DAS) Jragung-Tuntang (Jratun).
For the second time, tragedi floods soak thousands of citizens with a height of 1.5 meters to about 2.5 meters. The map again breaks the national street of the Demak-Kudus pantura. The alternative path to the Holy Cross passes through the Webik region, Jepara is total of up to 30 kilometers. On the map, the Government of Demak regains the status of Emergency Response and the first regional manjadi in Indonesia which sets the status up to three times for the natural disaster of flooding in a period of less than 1.5 months.
One of the embankments of river stream (DAS) Jratun jebol in Dukuh Luwuk, Sidomulyo Village, Dempet District, Demak District, Central Java.
The color penetrates floods that soak the Alun-alun Demak area in front of the Great Demak Mosque.
Demak Esti'anah'anah said, the second flood happened to struck 13 districts from total 14 districts in the region. Alun-alun Demak Lumpuh City, the water almost entered into the Great Demak Mosque page. A number of water pumps it is indicated to protect one of the symbols of the Wali City to avoid flooding. The secretary of Sunan Kalijaga who is one of the Wali Songo (Sembilan Wali) of the disclaimer of Islam, which is also unpredictable from the bah water. Wali city is completely flooded. This condition as if twisting the 16th century, when the Demak Kingdom became the first Islamic maritime kingdom in the archipelago.
A variety of efforts is carried out by Demak Submissions, in cooperation with various institutions, such as TNI-Polri, the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), Basarnas, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of PUPR, Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of various regions in Jateng, the potential of the combined SAR, to the volunteer of a number of humanitarian and health organizations. Thousands of personnel are delivered to help and evacuate flood disaster victims. A number of refugees and general kitchens are established as a form of emergency handling efforts.
Not only the local government, in the first flood, BNPB is a representation of the central government also lowers ready-made funds (DSP) for the operational handling of floods of Rp 2,15 billion. Thousands of logistics packages for refugees and flood disaster handling field fixtures are also channeled. It does not stop in situ, BNPB coordinates with Meteorology, Klimatology, and Geophysics (BMKG), National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and related agencies also implement weather modification technologies (TMC) in February and March. The effort to reduce the high rain intensity in the hulu region, so the improvement of the pelvic embankment carried out by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing of People (PUPR) can run faster. In addition, dozens of moving pump units (Mobile Pump) belongs to various related instances are operated to accelerate the reduction of genes.
The color of flood victims rest on the main roadside of the pantura Demak-Kudus in Wonorejo Village, Karanganyar District, Demak District, Central Java.
Photo air condition of Demak-Kudus pantura line flooded in Karanganyar District, Demak Regency.
According to the data accumulation of the Integrated Posko Emergency Handling of the Demak District Flood Disaster since February 5-15, 2024, the flood in February leads to as much as 29.701 the soul swelling. The two consecutive lives in the hydrometeorological disaster. The event also soaked 3.427 hectares of rice fields and 1.975 hectares of rice plants in the local territory of puso or fail harvest. While the second flood in March, the data while BPBD Demak accumulation of 20-24 March 2024 caused by 24.991 citizens scattered in 126 villages in 13 districts gazing, and 9.442 hectares of flooded rice fields. The potential of losses from both tragedy is estimated to reach hundreds of billion rupiahs, which is currently still in the BPBD Demak calculation stage.
Demak Regency located in the coastal area of Jateng pantura is one of the flooding areas. In addition to the flood of rob due to the abundance of sea water to the ground due to the decrease in soil face (land subsidence) accompanied by sea water rise (sea level rise) as a result of climate crisis, local territory is also lined by a large amount of rivers where most of its embankments in critical circumstances or stalks.
The data that the Information and Disaster Communication Data Center (Pusdatinkom) BNPB calls, since 1998 to 2023, there are 89 flood events in Demak Regency. From the amount, six of them are a large rob flood that is recorded and the rest due to the intensity of high rainfall, as well as a number of skeletal embankments. From dozens of flood events, the total victims of the soul there are 5 people, the total affected citizens of 450.942 soul, as well as the total citizens who float as 34.658 soul.
Photo air ambience emergency flood Demak which is in the Tanggulangin border Demak-Kudus Bridge in Karanganyar, Demak District, Central Java.
Peziarah of East Java accessed his smart gadget when visiting the Cagar Cultural Complex Site of Makam Sunan Kalijaga flooded in Demak.
Learning from these two experiences, flood threats have not ended. Floods still lurries the Demak and surrounding areas because there are still critical river embankments along by decreasing river tampung power due to smelting. President Joko Widodo when reviewing the treatment of floods in Demak on Friday (22/3) then, providing a direction to stakeholders about the long-term handling program to prevent flooding in Demak, namely the treatment of sedimentation of a number of rivers and reservoirs from hulu to downstream, tree planting, and prevention of green land function.
Demak dividers with BPBD Demak, BPBD Jateng, the Great Hall of the River (BBWS) The subtleties under the Ditjen Water Resources - the Ministry of PUPR is conducting a post-banjir review to strengthen a number of critical river embankments to flood, which according to citizens to the largest flood tragedi in their life, at least in the last 50 years it is no longer repeated.
Photo and text : Aji Styawan
The volunteer evacuates the elderly whose house was flooded in the village of Undaan Kidul, Karanganyar District, Demak District, Central Java.
Fighting royong moving motorized boats to evacuate flood victims from Demak flood emergency post in Karanganyar District.
Author : Fanny Octavianus
Warga flooded M Ribut (right) Fathonah wife (left) poses in the cleanliness of the flooded house in Wonorejo Village, Karanganyar District, Demak Regency, Central Java.
The atmosphere of the class is flooded that reaches a height of about 2.5 meters at TK Marsudi Rini, Karanganyar Village.
Photo collage of a number of property belonging to the citizens is flooded in Karanganyar District, Demak Regency.
The number of flood victims waiting for a fasting time around the trucks that are functioned as an emergency refuge location in Wonoketingal Gas, Karanganyar District, Demak District.
The refugee receives the help of the sembako package from President Joko Widodo when reviewing the victims of Demak flooding in Wisma Halim Building, Demak Regency, Central Java.
Photo aerial officers operate a number of heavy tools in the effort to close the Wulan River embankment that returns the gap at the same point in Ketanjung Village, Karanganyar District.
Warga witnesses a number of moving water pumps (Mobile Pump) operates on the main path of the Demak-Kudus pantura, Karanganyar District, Demak District, Central Java.
A number of refugees of floods rest in the emergency tent of the Social Ministry focuses in Wonoketingal SPBU, Karanganyar District, Demak District, Central Java.
