Flooding in Ende claims two lives

Flooding in Ende claims two lives

MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: Three-days of heavy rains that
began last Wednesday caused flooding in the Detusoko and Maurole
districts of Ende, claiming two lives.

As of Monday, dozens of bridges and hundreds of hectares of
fields were still underwater.

According to Petrus Lengo, the head of the Ministry of Public
Works' local office, the flooding caused an estimated Rp 1
billion in financial losses.

The administration of Ende donated 800 kilograms of rice from
the World Food Program to the victims.

Meanwhile, in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, it was reported
that three bridges were damaged, and 100 houses and 300 hectares
of shrimp ponds in the Sekotong subdistrict were inundated when
floods hit the provincial capital on Monday.

The subdistrict chief of Sekotong, Surapati, said that several
days of heavy rain had also caused landslides in neighboring
villages. No casualties were reported.

Surapati said the floodwaters had disrupted the daily lives of
residents in the area. (25/29/yac/edt)