Thousands of Houses Inundated in East Java, IndonesiaThousands of houses and hundreds of hectares of rice fields in East Java, Indonesia, were inundated, according to reports reaching here Monday.Four subdistricts in Bojonegoro district in the western part of the province were mostly immersed with Cemungklung village in Kalitidu subdistrict being the worst hit with water reaching half- a-meter in height. Fortunately no fatalities have been reported, and material losses are estimated to be in hundreds of millions of rupiah. "This flood is bigger than last year's. It also affects a wider area," said Kasri, a resident at the Cemungklung village. He added that there is a fear of more impending floods as heavy rainfalls continue. In the eastern part of the province, a hurricane occurred in Batu and Malang on Saturday, killing a man and injuring at least three people who were hit by falling trees. Meanwhile, in Bandar Lampung, capital of Lampung province, a hurricane stormed into South Lampung and West Lampung regencies on Saturday, killing at least two persons. Many buildings were damaged and over 100 coconut trees were blown down. It also caused a blackout in several areas of West Lampung. In East Kalimantan province, a 130 kilometer-long road connecting cities of Samarinda and Bontang has been rendered virtually impassable following a spate of landslides and an increasing erosion. Much of the damage has been caused by heavy falls of rain over the past two weeks, local government official Meilina S.E. was quoted by the Indonesian Observer as saying. |
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