W. Java flood victims need more aid<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of residents in flood-hit areas in
\nSouth Bandung regency, West Java, need more food and medical
\nsupplies to ease the suffering they have experienced over the
\npast two weeks, Antara reported yesterday.<\/p>\n
Supplies are particularly needed in the villages of
\nCipanileuman, Babakansayang and Tegalluar in Cileunyi and
\nBojongsoang subdistricts.<\/p>\n
Danasasmita, the Tegalluar village head, said his village was
\nthe worst hit and needed more supplies in case the flood waters
\ndid not drain away.<\/p>\n
Floods along the course of the Citarum river have inundated
\nthousands of homes, mosques and public facilities over the past
\ntwo weeks, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate the area.<\/p>\n
In all the flooded areas, large areas of paddy field have
\nreportedly been destroyed.<\/p>\n
Yuni, an officials at an emergency command post in Tegalluar,
\nsaid that medical supplies had been provided to local health
\nclinics. However, the supplies were very limited, she said, but
\ndid not elaborate.<\/p>\n
Outbreaks of diarrhea and water-borne skin disease have been
\nreported in some of the affected villages.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Antara reported that the body of Djadjang, 14, a
\nresident of Baleendah village in the regency, was found floating
\nnear his house on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Local police were still trying to determine the cause of
\ndeath, but neighbors suspected that the boy, who they said could
\nnot swim, drowned in the two-meter deep floods.<\/p>\n
A meteorologist from the Bandung Institute of Technology,
\nZadrach L. Dupe, said yesterday that rainfall in Bandung had been
\nabove the average for this month, adding that the floods were not
\nunexpected.<\/p>\n
He said 30 millimeters of rain had fallen over the past ten
\ndays. Normally only be 20 millimeters of rain would be expected
\nin March, he added.<\/p>\n
Zadrach, predicted that rainfall would return to normal next
\nmonth.<\/p>\n
He also said that the low-lying topography to the South of
\nBandung made the area prone to flooding.<\/p>\n
All of the flood-hit villages lie along the course of the
\nCitarum River, which has three major tributaries -- the Citarik,
\nCidurian and Cipamokolan rivers.<\/p>\n
The main tributaries of the Citarum flow from the northern
\nside of Bandung into the area.<\/p>\n
In East Java, the Bengawan Solo river burst its banks and
\nflooded thousands of houses and large areas of paddy fields in
\nBalen and Baureno subdistricts in Bojonegoro.<\/p>\n
Floods along the course of the river have also inundated
\nseveral kilometers of road between Babat and Langitan, disrupting
\ntraffic in the area. (43\/byg)<\/p>",
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