By Xinhua,
JAKARTA : During heavy rains and tropical storms lasting for three days, flood has killed four people in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) of eastern Indonesia, and three in Jakarta and its neighboring city Bogor by Tuesday, the Jakarta Post reported on Wednesday.
NTT’s Social Service Agency Head Sentianus Medi said that 10 villages in Central Kupang, East Kupang and Sulamu districts were submerged in 1.5 meters of water, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes and seek refuge.
“Thousands of hectares of rice paddies and hundreds of houses were hit by the floods,” he added.
The situation also caused several flights canceled and the local El Tari Kupang Airport paralyzed since early Tuesday, with the runway hidden beneath 50 centimeters of water.
It’s the worst flooding in the past three years. The water only began to subside after five days,” said a local resident Wahyu Aji.
The level of floodwaters in eastern Jakarta’s Kampung Pulo ranged between 1 and 2 meters, which caused 950 people to seek refuge such as cinema and mess halls.