Antara News, Sunday, September 19, 2010 18:04 WIB
Tulungagung, East Java (ANTARA News) - A flood inundated hundreds of houses at Bolorejo village, Kauman sub district, Sunday, at a height of up to one`s thigh.
The flood occurred at around 2 am local time following incessant heavy rains since Saturday (18/9), which triggered Song river to overflow.
The flood did not claim any live but damaged a number of properties belonging to local residents.
"We did not have a chance to save our belongings in our houses because the flood came when we were sleeping," Sunarti, a resident of Bolorejo village, said.
Hectares of farming areas were also affected by the flood, which inflicted material losses worth more than Rp100 million. Flood always hits Bolorejo village every year.
Meanwhile, the collapse of two main bridges in Margomulyo village, Watulimo sub-district, Trenggalek District, East Java Province, had isolated the lives of thousands of villagers.
About 2,000 residents of Margomulyo and Sawahan villages could not go anywhere due to the broken bridges, which connected their places with neighboring villages.
The bridges crashed by flash floods recently were the main accesses of the local residents to neighboring villages in Watulimo sub-district.
There were no other way to go to the neighboring villages, because places were surrounded by Prigi River and hilly areas, he said.
Due to heavy rains, flash floods had submerged at least four villages near the Prigi beach in Watulimo sub-district, Trenggalek district, East Java.
Among the flood-hit villages were Margomulyo, Tasikmadu, Karanggandu, and Prigi.
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