Floods hit 58 villages

Floods hit 58 villages

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Fifty-eight villages in four districts in
North Aceh have been hit by flashfloods believed to have come
from Keureuto River, Antara reported.

There were no reports of casualties.

The river overflowed after a heavy downpour on Monday, the
news agency quoted Ismail Ibrahim, an official of the Social
Services Office of North Aceh Regency, as saying.

Floods struck at around midnight when most people were asleep.

Ismail could not give the precise number of people left
homeless by the disaster but said that at least 300 families had
been evacuated to a dry ground.

The food supply is running short and North Aceh's rice for aid
relief has also been depleted, he said. (emb)