Flooding hits Gorontalo

GORONTALO, North Sulawesi: Flash floods triggered by three days of incessant rains have inundated hundreds of houses in two districts, reports said yesterday.

In places worst-hit like the Kota Selatan district, water levels were up to two meters high yesterday. There was no word on casualties, Antara reported.

The Gorontalo regency secretary, Patra Babo, said that rains had caused the Bolango river to overflow. (anr)