Antara News, Tuesday, March 23, 2010 14:46 WIB
Bandung (ANTARA News) - Floods inundated around 7,000 houses in the subdistricts of Baleendah, Dayeuhkolot and Bojongsoang, Bandung district, following the overflowing of the Citarum river on Tuesday.
Rice fields in Solokanjeruk and Rancaekek subdistricts, Bandung district, were also submerged by flood waters.
The flood waters in general were actually beginning to subside but they still stood high in Dayeuhkolot and Baleendah subdistricts, said Mudjiadi, a Bandung district administration official.
Most of the affected residents had abandoned their homes and evacuated to higher ground because of the floods which had been hitting the district over the past four days.
Local authorities have also set up public kitchens and distributed food, medicines, blankets and clothes to flood victims.
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