Five missing in East Timor floods<\/p>\n
DILI, East Timor (JP): Five people are missing, presumed dead,
\nand almost 160 houses have been destroyed by floods which swept
\nthrough Covalima, about 200 kilometers south of here yesterday.<\/p>\n
The Bariki, Maudemo and Salele villages were the worst hit by
\nthe floods, triggered by two days of incessant rains, chief of
\nthe local Indonesian Red Cross M. Jupri Made said.<\/p>\n
Jupri said 47 families in Bakiki were evacuated to safer
\nground and 30 houses were washed away.<\/p>\n
In Maudemo, three people went missing, 60 houses were
\ndestroyed and 68 families moved to temporary shelters.<\/p>\n
In the transmigration site of Salele, two villagers went
\nmissing, 66 families were evacuated and 68 houses destroyed,
\naccording to Jupri.<\/p>\n
Local residents said the flood was the first they had ever
\nseen in their village.<\/p>\n
The Red Cross has asked local military officials in Dili for
\nassistance, Jupri said, adding that he had dispatched 10 workers
\nto the stricken areas.<\/p>\n
The provincial government sent 20 tons of rice, 50 boxes of
\nnoodles and 275 items of clothing.<\/p>\n
Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares said he awaited official
\ndetailed reports on the natural disaster. (33\/pan)<\/p>",
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