Curah Hujan Tinggi, Masyarakat Diminta Waspada

Curah hujan dengan intensitas tinggi di Kota dan Kabupaten Jayapura pada Minggu (21/2/2021) malam hingga Senin (22/2/2021), mengakibatkan beberapa titik tergenang air. Salah satunya di area gedung SMA YPKP Sentani, Kabupaten Jayapura. 

Kepala BBKSDA Papua, Edward Sembiring yang melakukan pemantauan menyebut ketinggian air bahkan sebatas betis orang dewasa. Air juga mengalir deras ke permukaan yang lebih rendah. 

Menyikapi hal itu, ia mengimbau masyarakat agar tetap tenang namun wajib waspada dengan situasi dan kondisi di masing-masing lingkungannya. 

“Warga harus jeli membaca tanda-tanda alam sebagai langkah mitigasi atau mengurangi resiko bencana paling dini”

“Artinya, dengan begitu kita bisa mengantisipasi segala kemungkinan. Dan yang utama kita dapat mengurangi dampak kerugian yang mungkin timbul dari keadaan alam tersebut,” terang Edward di Jayapura, Rabu.

Dari pantauan BBKSDA Papua baru-baru ini, enam sungai yang berhulu di dalam kawasan Cagar Alam Pegunungan Cycloop menunjukan situasi normal walaupun kondisi air keruh. 

Pantauan dimulai pada 4 s/d 13 Februari 2021 di Sungai Ibhoy, Taruna, Sereh, Makanuay, Ular, dan Kemiri, dimana keseluruhan menunjukkan debit air yang stabil dengan tidak terdapat indikasi penyumbatan.

Hanya saja, tim pemantau melaporkan terdapat dua titik longsor di Sungai Ibhoy. Dimana titik pertama berjarak 300 meter dari batas kawasan Cagar Alam Pegunungan Cycloop, sementara titik kedua berjarak 2.500 meter dari batas kawasan. 

“Material longsor tidak membentuk bendung alam, meski pada titik longsor pertama terjadi penyempitan badan sungai. Tim akan terus memantau kondisi di lapangan dan melaporkan secara langsung hasilnya melalui media sosial resmi BBKSDA Papua, baik facebook maupun instagram,” ujarnya.

High intensity rainfall in Jayapura City and District on Sunday (21/2/2021) night to Monday (22/2/2021) resulting in several waterlogged spots. One of them is in the building area of YPKP Sentani High School, Jayapura Regency.

Head of Conservation Board of Natural Resources of Papua, Edward Sembiring who conducts monitoring mentions the water level is even limited to adult calves. Water also flows rapidly to a lower surface.

In response, he urged the community to remain calm but must be vigilant with the situation and conditions in each environment.

"Residents should be observant to read the signs of nature as a mitigation measure or reduce the risk of disasters at the earliest"

"That is, that way we can anticipate all possibilities. And the main thing is that we can reduce the impact of losses that may arise from the natural situation," explained Edward in Jayapura on Wednesday.

From the recent monitoring of the Conservation Board of Natural Resources of Papua, the six rivers that flow within the Cycloop Mountain Nature Reserve area show a normal situation despite the murky water conditions.

Monitoring began on 4 to 13 February 2021 in Ibhoy River, Taruna, Sereh, Makanuay, Ular, and Kemiri, where the whole showed a stable discharge of water with no indication of blockage.

However, the monitoring team reported two landslides in the Ibhoy River. Where the first point is 300 meters from the boundary of the Cycloop Mountain Nature Reserve area, while the second point is 2,500 meters from the boundary of the area.

"Landslide material does not form a natural dam, although at the first landslide point there is a narrowing of the river. The team will continue to monitor the conditions in the field and report directly the results through the official social media of Conservation Board of Natural Resources of Papua, both Facebook and Instagram," he said.