TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The number of residents of Demak Regency in Central Java who were affected by the flood and evacuated to Kudus Regency has reached 3,393 people. They had to flee as they have been displaced from their homes due to the floods that began to inundate their houses since Thursday, February 8.

"This number is based on the latest update as of 09:00 Tuesday, February 13. It includes residents taking shelter at residents' homes in a number of areas in Kudus," Fiza Akbar, head of Jati District, Kudus Regency, said on Tuesday.

Fiza Akbar said that the number of refugees tends to increase. At 20:00 Sunday, February 11, there were only 3,058 people. By the next day the number had risen to 3,305, and then to 3,393 people as of today.

At first, the shelter provided was located in Jati Kudus District, including on the Tanggulangin Bridge, Jati Kudus Terminal, Jati Wetan Village Hall, Kudus DPRD, and the Jati Military District Command (Koramil) Office. Currently, there are no more refugees on the Tanggulangin Bridge. Other shelters are located at Kudus General Hospital, Assalwa Islamic Boarding School, as well as a number of Kudus residents' homes.

The evacuees are provided food and drink by the public kitchens at the Jati Kudus Main Terminal and Tanggulangin Bridge, which are managed by members of the Disaster Alert Youth Cadets (Tagana) from various districts and cities in Central Java.

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