The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 02/01/2009 5:02 PM
Netting fish: People fish in a river at the border between Mojokerto and Sidoarjo in East Java on Sunday. The rainy season has flooded many villages in East Java, but for fishermen in Mojokerto, they have brought with them more fish to catch. JP/ID Nugroho
Pudjo Buntoro, an official at the Bojonegoro administration, forecast the floods would recede Monday if there was no further rain, but warned further downpours could see the flood spread to other villages.
However, Pudjo said flooding in Bojonegoro this year would not be as bad as last year, when almost two thirds of Bojonegoro was submerged.
“The flood this year has been caused by heavy rains in Solo and its surrounding area, while rain near Gajah Mungkur dam was not so heavy,” he said.
He said most houses in the 49 villages had been inundated with half a meter of water and that hundreds of hectares of farming land had been submerged.
Sakiman, 45, said that if the flood worsened, he would move his cows and goats to higher ground.
“For us, when floods occur, we save our cattle first, and then later, we take care of our family members,” he said.
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