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Floods kill six in Indonesia: officials
JAKARTA (AFP) - - Six people were killed, dozens injured and hundreds forced to flee their homes after floods in Indonesia following days of heavy rain, officials said Saturday.
Water as high as one metre (three feet) had submerged Situbondo district in Indonesia's densely populated East Java since Friday evening, but started to recede Saturday, the health ministry said. "Two people were killed, one hospitalised and 27 others injured in Situbondo floods," Rustam Pakaya, a health ministry official, said in a text message received by AFP. Separately, four people died and hundreds forced to evacuate their homes due to severe floods in eastern Indonesia, Sentianus Medi of the local disaster management centre said earlier in the day. He said all four victims drowned after rivers overflowed following three days of heavy rain. "Four people in three districts in East Nusa Tenggara province were killed yesterday (Friday)," he told reporters. "They all lived on riverbanks." The official said more than 500 people had left their homes and 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of rice fields were under water.
Landslides and flooding are common in Indonesia during the rainy season, which hits its peak from December to February. Torrential rain across Central and East Java provinces at the start of the year triggered landslides and floods that killed more than 100 people and displaced tens of thousands.
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JAKARTA (AFP) - - Six people were killed, dozens injured and hundreds forced to flee their homes after floods in Indonesia following days of heavy rain, officials said Saturday.
Water as high as one metre (three feet) had submerged Situbondo district in Indonesia's densely populated East Java since Friday evening, but started to recede Saturday, the health ministry said. "Two people were killed, one hospitalised and 27 others injured in Situbondo floods," Rustam Pakaya, a health ministry official, said in a text message received by AFP. Separately, four people died and hundreds forced to evacuate their homes due to severe floods in eastern Indonesia, Sentianus Medi of the local disaster management centre said earlier in the day. He said all four victims drowned after rivers overflowed following three days of heavy rain. "Four people in three districts in East Nusa Tenggara province were killed yesterday (Friday)," he told reporters. "They all lived on riverbanks." The official said more than 500 people had left their homes and 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of rice fields were under water.
Landslides and flooding are common in Indonesia during the rainy season, which hits its peak from December to February. Torrential rain across Central and East Java provinces at the start of the year triggered landslides and floods that killed more than 100 people and displaced tens of thousands.
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Every cloud has a silver lining
Indonesia flood, storm death toll hits 12
Floods and storms have killed 12 people on Indonesia's main island of Java, a health official said. Floods triggered by heavy rain killed eight people in two districts in East Java over the past two days, said Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry's crisis centre.
Four people died yesterday when an electricity pole was toppled by storms, hitting a car in which they were travelling in Bekasi, east of the capital Jakarta, he said. Several areas in Jakarta, where flooding killed five people this month, were under water but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Indonesia suffers heavy flooding and landslides every rainy season. Rain and floods forced about 100,000 Jakarta residents from their homes early this month and brought the city to a standstill.
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Floods and storms have killed 12 people on Indonesia's main island of Java, a health official said. Floods triggered by heavy rain killed eight people in two districts in East Java over the past two days, said Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry's crisis centre.
Four people died yesterday when an electricity pole was toppled by storms, hitting a car in which they were travelling in Bekasi, east of the capital Jakarta, he said. Several areas in Jakarta, where flooding killed five people this month, were under water but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Indonesia suffers heavy flooding and landslides every rainy season. Rain and floods forced about 100,000 Jakarta residents from their homes early this month and brought the city to a standstill.
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