Flash floods hit Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra. Hundreds of houses, Residents' Houses, Korong Kasai, Nagari Tapakih, Ulakan Tapaki District, Padang Pariaman Regency One and a half meters high.

The rain hit Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra. Monday afternoon to early Tuesday morning. With four tapakis national funnels, Padang Pariaman experienced flooding reaching one and a half meters.

The overflow water from the two Batang Tapaki and Batang Anai two rivers submerged residents' houses from early morning until noon.

The water started from one and a half meters causing the Tapakis residents to panic at night. The water that came suddenly was suspected of having a broken dam on the Tapakis river.

Nagari Tapakih Mayor Soni Aprison said the water came at one in the evening due to heavy rains hitting Padang Pariaman district, West Sumatra. From noon Monday to early Tuesday evening.

"The water that came suddenly at night made local residents panic and run away. To a higher place," he explained.

Currently, residents are still living in their masint houses. To save the coals of his valuables.

"Currently the residents are still holding on, until this afternoon, the water is still up to the waist of an adult," he explained.

Local residents have evacuated children and the elderly to the mosque, which is a higher place.

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SONI APRISON / WALI NAGARI TAPAKH PADANG PARIAMAN

PERBATIM

It started with a shipment of water from various stems and rods 2 Lubuk Alung so the water that we are seeing right now is from 11.00 to 04.00 at night it just rose so from the others it's already maghrib and it's already flooding hopefully at that place at 3 o'clock the water will rise high down only until half a meter high or the government in the river area there is nothing, hopefully there are no reports while there are none yet