Indonesian pedestrians had to be transported by rubber boats after persistent rain left Padang flooded on July 8.

Rescue teams were deployed with rubber boats after four hours of rain left parts of the city submerged.

The rain which flushed the city of Padang on July 8 2020 for 4 hours triggered the main road in the city of Padang in the Alay region in flooded water like the sea with a height of approximately one meter.

due to flooding on the road many drivers including pedestrians to cross when scheduled to go home from work.


seeing this condition, the Padang city sar team dropped a rubber boat to help pedestrians to cross the road under water to get to their respective homes.

the head of the land and logistics sector of bpbd padang city, sutan hendra said "on 8 July 2020 in padang city had 9 flood points, such as villages and roads, but not the worst at the crossroads in the alay area, all the sar teams had carried out an evacuation process that was trapped by the flood "