Flood ravages S. Kalimantan

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: At least 51 houses have been damaged as floods swept Kintap district on the east coast of South Kalimantan.

Two bridges linking the Kalimantan network road were also knocked down over the weekend by the flood, Antara reported.

The two-meter-high flood also inundated 891 houses and a road, cutting land communication among the provincial capital Banjarmasin, Kotabaru and East Kalimantan province.

Hundreds of motorists were forced to stay overnight near the scene of the disaster waiting for the water to recede.

Totok Suwarto, a local official in charge of natural disasters, said that the flood also destroyed hundreds of hectares of farms and killed hundreds of livestock.

He said that no casualties were reported. (05)