At least 10 dead, thousands displaced after severe Indonesia floods
Published: 28 April 2019, 6:01:21
The waters have receded in some places but officials warned the full extent of the damage was not yet known and some areas were still cut off.“The impact of this disaster may increase,” national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said, adding that several people were also injured in the flooding.
“Landslides and floods could happen again if rainfall is high,” he said.
A “secondary disaster” in the form of skin diseases and acute respiratory infection due to poor hygiene and a lack of clean water was possible, he added.
Public kitchens and evacuation shelters have been set up to cater to some 13,000 people affected by the flooding, while search and rescue teams try to reach hard-hit areas with rubber boats.
Landslides and floods are common in Indonesia, especially during the monsoon season between October and April, when rains lash the vast Southeast Asian archipelago.
