‘Crimson flood’ in Indonesia’s PkalonganAccording to CNN Indonesia on the 7th, photos and videos of a flood that occurred in Jenggot village in Pkalongan city were spread on social media such as Twitter.
If you search for’Fkalongan Flood’ on Twitter, you can see houses and roads submerged in crimson water.
Netizens expressed fear, saying, “A red flood occurred as if the bloody rain, a symbol of the end, fell.”
Disaster authorities in Pkalongan said, “The photos and videos spread on SNS are real,” and said, “There was a crimson flood due to dye flowing out of the batik factory, but after a while, the color will disappear after mixing with rain.”
Furious with Indonesia’s’Crimson Flood’… Due to batik dyePkalongan is the home of batik, and there are many companies and batik museum.
Batik is a name for a unique geometric pattern or fabric of super (beeswax) dyeing originated in Indonesia. In Indonesia, 1 million people are engaged in related industries.
When flooding occurs in the pkalong, it is often mixed with batik dyes.
There was a green flood last month, before that there were also turquoise and purple floods.
‘Green flood’ in Pkalongan last month[연합뉴스]
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