Jakarta Globe, September 12, 2010
Jakarta. Flash floods in central Indonesia have killed 10 people and left 14 others missing.
Local media reports say the flooding occurred on Saturday morning on the swollen banks of the Kinarum River, a popular tourist spot on Borneo island.
Many of the victims were children swimming as part of celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month.
MetroTV said 10 bodies had been pulled from the water. The news portal Detik.com said a search was under way for 14 missing people.
Landslides and flooding triggered by torrential downpours kill dozens of people every year in the vast tropical archipelago of Indonesia, which has more than 17,000 islands.
States news agency Antara, meanwhile, reported that thousands of houses in Muara Gembong subdistrict, Bekasi district, West Java, were flooded after the Citarum river burst its banks.
“The water level varied from 40 centimeters to 80 centimeters at the villages of Bahagia, Pantai Mekar, Jaya Sakti, and Sederhana,” Muara Gembong subdistrict head Herman Susilo said on Saturday night. The flooding began at around 04.00 p.m.
He said the local authorities had been coordinating with other relevant parties to distribute assistance in the form of instant noodles, rice and drinking water in case of larger floods.
AFP/Antara
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