Flood

Flood is one of the natural disasters that occurs when water flows overflow and resulted in the submerging of an area. If the water level exceeds the capacity or the current is too heavy, flooding can cause severe damage such as displacing valuables such as motorbikes, cars, and other items, and can even wash away fragile or sturdy buildings, Even to the point of causing casualties.

Flooding is caused by the volume of water in the sea, river or lake that overflows or overflows from a dam so that water reaches the land.

But floods can also occur due to human activity, such as illegal logging to deforestation, littering that obstructs rivers, construction of housing or settlements on river banks, massive mining that causes damage and erosion of the soil.

Therefore, in order to avoid flooding, we must be able to overcome it by arranging the watershed according to its function, not littering the rivers and the sea, not building houses or buildings on the banks of rivers or lakes, creating a monitoring and warning system that will occur. disaster in flood-prone areas, and reforestation (reboisasi).