INTERES's video: Sejarah Banjir di Padang dan Antisipasinya oleh Pemerintah Belanda

Hujan deras mengguyur Kota Padang Sumatra Barat sejak Kamis hingga jumat, 13 dan 14 Maret 2023. Hal itu berujung banjir di sejumlah kecamatan. Banyak fasiltas publik seperti jalan raya, rumah sakit dan rumah warga terendam banjir. Curah hujan tinggi juga menyebabkan arus Sungai Batang Arau deras dan meluap. Hingga dua kapal tanker yang sedang bersandar di Pelabuhan Muara hanyut dan terdampar di kawasan Pantai Padang. Salah satu kapal itu berisi bbm yang akan diantar ke Kepulauan Mentawai. Banjir di Kota Padang bukan kali ini terjadi. Sejarah mencatat, banjir telah terjadi pada zaman kolonial Belanda. Dari beberapa literatur, ada lima banjir besar yang terjadi di masa lalu, yang salah satunya membuat pemerintah Hindia Belanda membuat kanal untuk pengendalian banjir. Kanal itu kini dikenal sebagai Banda Bakali. Saksikan selengkapnya di tayangan ini. ................................................................... Heavy rains have fallen on the city of Padang, West Sumatra, from Thursday to Friday, 13 and 14 March 2023. This has resulted in flooding in a number of sub-districts. Many public facilities such as roads, hospitals and residents' houses were flooded. High rainfall also causes the Batang Arau River to flow swiftly and overflow. Up to two tankers that were leaning at Muara Harbor were washed away and stranded in the Padang Beach area. One of the ships contains fuel that will be delivered to the Mentawai Islands. Flooding in the city of Padang is not the first time this has happened. History records that flooding occurred during the Dutch colonial era. From some literature, there were five major floods that occurred in the past, one of which prompted the Dutch government to build canals for flood control. The canal is now known as Banda Bakali.