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At least 19 people have died and 7 people have been reported missing after floods and landslides caused by sudden torrential rains in Indonesia’s Sumatra island, local officials said. There is devastation everywhere due to rain.
Due to sudden torrential rains the water level of the river increased, causing sudden floods. Floods and landslides have affected Pesisir Selatan regency in West Sumatra province, leaving about 46,000 people homeless, with all homeless people forced to resort to temporary shelters. Tons of soil, rocks and uprooted trees rolled down a mountain and into a river late at night, said Donny Yusrijal, chief of Pesisir Selatan’s disaster mitigation agency. Several banks were then breached and a mountain in the Pesisir Selatan district of West Sumatra province collapsed. There was flood in the villages. He further said that due to bad weather, 2 people were injured and about 7 people have gone missing, who are facing a lot of difficulties in their search.
83 thousand people homeless in Cirebon
The port city of Cirebon on the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Java has been most affected by floods and landslides. 36 villages are affected in Cirebon, in which about 83 thousand people have become homeless. Due to prolonged torrential rains, some areas of the archipelago country have been flooded. In this disaster, water has entered many houses and along with this many houses have been washed away with flood water. Torrential rains caused severe flooding and extremely dangerous conditions near Game Bong Village, Kandangserang District, Pekalongan Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.
More than 20 thousand houses submerged in water
Due to water logging on the roads, we are facing a lot of problems in commuting. Due to the strong flow of flood water, small to big vehicles stuck on the roads have been displaced with the flow of water. At least 14 houses were buried in landslides, more than 20 thousand houses were submerged in water and eight bridges collapsed. There is often a possibility of landslides in Indonesia during the rainy season and the most important reason for such a sudden disaster is deforestation at many places, after which we are facing the problem of weather. The acting disaster mitigation agency said rescue workers were using boats to reach people cut off by the floods. Three people died due to the overflowing Sisanggarung River on March 8 and March 9.
