The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 02/28/2009 9:31 AM
A 10-meter long part of a levee in Kanor district in Bojonegoro, East Java collapsed a around 6 o'clock on Saturday morning, causing residents near the incident to flee their home.
Pudjiono, Bojonegoro regency's head of disaster management and refugee command, told Antara that the collapsed part was located at Semambung villlage.
“We have yet to receive reports how many residents have taken refuge,” he said.
Local authorities have worried that more parts of the levee in Kanor district will collapse with waters from the overflowing Bengawan Solo river yet to recede.
Pudjiono said that the administration has prepared village halls, district offices, warehouses and school compounds as shelters for the district refugees, which was predicted to be more than 11,000 families.
The Bengawan Solo river has inundated 10,636 homes across 12 districts in Bojonegoro, forcing thousands of residents to move to temporary camps, and submerging large areas of farm land.
The river water level was recorded raising at 7 a.m. on Saturday. (dre)
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