Antara News, Thursday, July 29, 2010 16:56 WIB
Sampit, Central Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Floods have hit 33 villages in four sub districts in Kotawaringin Timur District, Central Kalimantan.
Some 3,199 families have been affected by the floods, said Kotawaringin Timur District Head Wahyudi Kaspul Anwar here Thursday.
"The victims live in four sub districts, namely Antang Kalang, Parenggean, Cempaga Hulu, and Cempaga," Anwar said.
In Antang Kalang sub district alone, some 14 villages with 1,252 families have been affected by the floods.
Based on data from the Kotawaringin Timur district social affairs office, the floods inundated 9 villages and one urban village in Parengean with 527 families; six villages with 750 families in Cempaga Hulu; and three villages with 670 families in Cempaga.
The local authorities have set up emergency tents and distributed relief aid including food, mattresses, blankets, clothes, to flood victims.
The food included rice, canned fish, cooking oil, sweet soybean sauce, instant noddles, and mineral water.
Deputy Kotawaringin Timur District Head Amrullah Hadi said the district was prone to floods because of deforestation.
Floods were reported to have also happened in several provinces including in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), East Java, Banten, Southeast Sulawesi, and South Kalimantan.
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