Landslides block four-wheel access to Sepang Kelod in northern Bali
Heavy rain triggered three landslides in Sepang, Buleleng, on November 1, damaging homes and retaining walls and cutting four-wheel access to Sepang Kelod, reports say.
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Sepang Village — Heavy rain triggered landslides at three locations in Sepang on Sunday, November 1, damaging a house and retaining structures and blocking the district road to Sepang Kelod for four-wheel vehicles.
Why it matters: Four-wheel vehicles could not use the district road to Sepang Kelod, while motorcycles used a temporary footpath and other vehicles took an alternative route.
Rain began at about 1:30 p.m. and intensified from around 4 p.m., continuing into the early hours of Monday, according to Bali Post. The landslides affected the home of Sang Ayu Keneh, the yard of Kadek Semiaji and a retaining structure at the home of I Made Darsiawan.
The retaining structure at Darsiawan’s home collapsed at about 6:45 p.m. on Sunday. BPBD Buleleng estimated the damage at 60 million rupiah. The structure measured about 18 metres long and five metres high, while the earth behind it was eroded along a section about 18 metres long.
A landslide also buried part of Keneh’s house, while a retaining wall at Semiaji’s property was damaged. Bali Post reported that the wall there measured about 15 metres long, four metres high and three metres wide.
Material covering the district road linking Sepang and Sepang Kelod prevented four-wheel vehicles from passing. Residents opened a footpath that allowed motorcycles through, while vehicles heading to Sepang Kelod were directed to an alternative route via Tista and Dadap Putih.
The village head said the road could not be cleared manually because of the volume of material and that the village was waiting for heavy equipment from BPBD Buleleng. A separate report by Tribun Bali said police and BPBD personnel visited a damaged retaining structure and that BPBD provided an 18-metre tarpaulin for temporary protection.
BPBD’s assessment, reported by Bali Post, recorded no casualties at the Sepang site. The wider rain event produced multiple disasters across Bali, including additional road damage and landslides in Buleleng.
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