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News Focus: FLOODS HIT VARIOUS PARTS OF INDONESIA By Andi Abdussalam
Jakarta, Jan 12 (ANTARA) - The current rainy season has triggered floods and landslides in various parts of Indonesia, killing scores of residents, carrying away residential houses, knocking down bridges, cutting off communications and destroying various other public facilities and crops.
Meteorological and geophysics officials have warned residents to stay alert over bad weather, storms, gales and high waves as the rainy season is still going on and is predicted to peak in February.
At least 180 passengers were reported missing on Sunday in Parepare waters, South Sulawesi, when their motor boat KM Teratai Prima sank at 4. a.m due to high waves and bad whether.
Coordinator of the rescue and search team from the University of Hasanuddin, Salman said that the ill-fated Teratai carried 200 passengers, 18 of whom had been rescued by local fishermen, and 182 still missing.
On the occasion, another coordinator of the SAR, Arham, said Makassar, South Sulawesi, that besides providing help for victims of the motor boat accident, the team also sent rescuers to West Sulawesi's Polewali district, which was hit by floods on Sunday. The floods killed at least six people with four others missing.
At least 30 houses were carried away by water currents, Arham, said adding that by Sunday afternoon, a number of government offices, places of worship and school buildings were still inundated by one-meter-deep flood water following overnight heavy rains.
The floods also cut off land communication between West Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi provinces, he said. "Up till now the joint team of search and rescue workers are still trying to evacuate flood victims and continuing their search for missing residents," he said.
One of the bridges in Deking village, Majene district, just about 50 km from Mamuju, capital of West Sulawesi, was also knocked down, cutting off land communication.
Big floods also hit the Indonesian tourist resort island of Bali. The big floods in many parts of Bali from Kuta and Legian tourist resorts to Seminyak and Ubud, Gianyar regency and Denpasar city on Sunday had caused massive material losses.
The losses were not only facing hundreds of families and their homes inundated, but also souvenir stores, especially those in Kuta, Legian and Seminyak.
Head of the Badung regency social and manpower agency Tjok Ngurah Bagus Agung said in the middle of flood evacuees in Legian, said the floods had caused massive losses of the people, including to the owners of souvenir stores.
But the extent of the loss is still being estimated, including the number of families and their property, he said.
"Even tonight we still cannot give the figures and data. The big floods following incessant heavy rains and the overflow of river Tukad Mati had caused massive material losses," he said.
Although the flood waters have started to recede, people are still evacuated, as rain started falling again in Bali which may cause another flood disaster.
Floods also hit rural tourist destinations like the arts village of Ubud, Gianyar regency, especially around River Mumbul, inundating many homes, restaurants and museums.
In Denpasar, although the flood waters have started receding, a resident was dragged by a strong current, and still went missing.
In West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province, one resident was killed when heavy-rain triggered floods hit West Sumbawa district over the weekend. Regional Legislative Assembly chairman H Manimbang Kahariady said Mustafa died because he was shocked with the floods.
He said that floods hit a number of villages in West Sumba district. At least 160 houses were destroyed, 33 others were carried away by the water current.
The local meteorology and geophysics office called on ferry operators to keep alert on bad weather due to heavy rains and storms that triggered huge waves up to three meters high.
In east Java, flash floods hit four sub districts in Jember District, and inundated at least 500 houses.
The four affected sub districts were Jenggawah, Tempurejo, Silo, and Mayang. In Silo sub district, the flash floods triggered a landslide and destroyed 15 houses and two bridges.
The inundation also cut off roads connecting Pace and Mulyorejo villages, as well as Jember and Banyuwangi districts.
On December 2008 floods also inundated hundreds of hectares of rice fields at several villages in Bojonegoro, East Java, following incessant downpours for two days.
At Sukerojo, flood submerged 107 hectares of 10-20-day-old paddy fields, Sukerojo Village Head, Budi Suprayitno said in Bojonegoro recently.
In Sumatra, floods also hit Aceh and South Sumatra provinces.
In Aceh, hundreds of houses in Langsa were flooded after rivers which flow through the city about 470 km west of the provincial capital Banda Aceh had overflowed since last Saturday, spokesman for the provincial social service. Several parts of Aceh Tengah district were hit by landslides following the incessant rains.
Rain that has been falling since Friday in South Sumatra has caused landslides in a road section between Sekayu and Musi Rawas districts. Deputy chairman of the Regional Legislative Assembly (DPRD), Bihaqqi Sofyan called on the Public Work Services to repair the road the slid section of the road to normalize the traffic immediately.
Local officials said road sections which were prone to landslides in South Sumatra included those connecting Muara Enim with Tanjung Enim, Lahat with Pagar Alam and Lahat and Tebing Tinggi.
In Kalimantan, floods hit six districts in South Kalimantan province following incessant rains for a few days. The six affected districts were Hulu Sungai Utara (HSU), Hulu Sungai Selatan (HSS), Hulu Sungai Tengah (HST), Tanah Laut (Tala, Banjar and Tapin, Ariffin, a South Kalimantan provincial administration official said.
In the meantime, land transportation in a number of road sections which connected Singkawang city with a number of towns in the northern coasts of West Kalimantan were cut off by floods and landslides on Sunday.***
Meteorological and geophysics officials have warned residents to stay alert over bad weather, storms, gales and high waves as the rainy season is still going on and is predicted to peak in February.
At least 180 passengers were reported missing on Sunday in Parepare waters, South Sulawesi, when their motor boat KM Teratai Prima sank at 4. a.m due to high waves and bad whether.
Coordinator of the rescue and search team from the University of Hasanuddin, Salman said that the ill-fated Teratai carried 200 passengers, 18 of whom had been rescued by local fishermen, and 182 still missing.
On the occasion, another coordinator of the SAR, Arham, said Makassar, South Sulawesi, that besides providing help for victims of the motor boat accident, the team also sent rescuers to West Sulawesi's Polewali district, which was hit by floods on Sunday. The floods killed at least six people with four others missing.
At least 30 houses were carried away by water currents, Arham, said adding that by Sunday afternoon, a number of government offices, places of worship and school buildings were still inundated by one-meter-deep flood water following overnight heavy rains.
The floods also cut off land communication between West Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi provinces, he said. "Up till now the joint team of search and rescue workers are still trying to evacuate flood victims and continuing their search for missing residents," he said.
One of the bridges in Deking village, Majene district, just about 50 km from Mamuju, capital of West Sulawesi, was also knocked down, cutting off land communication.
Big floods also hit the Indonesian tourist resort island of Bali. The big floods in many parts of Bali from Kuta and Legian tourist resorts to Seminyak and Ubud, Gianyar regency and Denpasar city on Sunday had caused massive material losses.
The losses were not only facing hundreds of families and their homes inundated, but also souvenir stores, especially those in Kuta, Legian and Seminyak.
Head of the Badung regency social and manpower agency Tjok Ngurah Bagus Agung said in the middle of flood evacuees in Legian, said the floods had caused massive losses of the people, including to the owners of souvenir stores.
But the extent of the loss is still being estimated, including the number of families and their property, he said.
"Even tonight we still cannot give the figures and data. The big floods following incessant heavy rains and the overflow of river Tukad Mati had caused massive material losses," he said.
Although the flood waters have started to recede, people are still evacuated, as rain started falling again in Bali which may cause another flood disaster.
Floods also hit rural tourist destinations like the arts village of Ubud, Gianyar regency, especially around River Mumbul, inundating many homes, restaurants and museums.
In Denpasar, although the flood waters have started receding, a resident was dragged by a strong current, and still went missing.
In West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province, one resident was killed when heavy-rain triggered floods hit West Sumbawa district over the weekend. Regional Legislative Assembly chairman H Manimbang Kahariady said Mustafa died because he was shocked with the floods.
He said that floods hit a number of villages in West Sumba district. At least 160 houses were destroyed, 33 others were carried away by the water current.
The local meteorology and geophysics office called on ferry operators to keep alert on bad weather due to heavy rains and storms that triggered huge waves up to three meters high.
In east Java, flash floods hit four sub districts in Jember District, and inundated at least 500 houses.
The four affected sub districts were Jenggawah, Tempurejo, Silo, and Mayang. In Silo sub district, the flash floods triggered a landslide and destroyed 15 houses and two bridges.
The inundation also cut off roads connecting Pace and Mulyorejo villages, as well as Jember and Banyuwangi districts.
On December 2008 floods also inundated hundreds of hectares of rice fields at several villages in Bojonegoro, East Java, following incessant downpours for two days.
At Sukerojo, flood submerged 107 hectares of 10-20-day-old paddy fields, Sukerojo Village Head, Budi Suprayitno said in Bojonegoro recently.
In Sumatra, floods also hit Aceh and South Sumatra provinces.
In Aceh, hundreds of houses in Langsa were flooded after rivers which flow through the city about 470 km west of the provincial capital Banda Aceh had overflowed since last Saturday, spokesman for the provincial social service. Several parts of Aceh Tengah district were hit by landslides following the incessant rains.
Rain that has been falling since Friday in South Sumatra has caused landslides in a road section between Sekayu and Musi Rawas districts. Deputy chairman of the Regional Legislative Assembly (DPRD), Bihaqqi Sofyan called on the Public Work Services to repair the road the slid section of the road to normalize the traffic immediately.
Local officials said road sections which were prone to landslides in South Sumatra included those connecting Muara Enim with Tanjung Enim, Lahat with Pagar Alam and Lahat and Tebing Tinggi.
In Kalimantan, floods hit six districts in South Kalimantan province following incessant rains for a few days. The six affected districts were Hulu Sungai Utara (HSU), Hulu Sungai Selatan (HSS), Hulu Sungai Tengah (HST), Tanah Laut (Tala, Banjar and Tapin, Ariffin, a South Kalimantan provincial administration official said.
In the meantime, land transportation in a number of road sections which connected Singkawang city with a number of towns in the northern coasts of West Kalimantan were cut off by floods and landslides on Sunday.***
