Floods hit Bali, one person dies

Floods hit Bali, one person dies

DENPASAR, Bali: One person died and two others were injured, when a flood hit hundreds of houses in four villages in South Denpasar subdistrict after two days of heavy rain.

The Antara news agency reported yesterday that Komang Juniati, a student of Junior High School 5, died in the flood. It also said that two people were injured when a tree fell on top of them.

A spokesman for Badung regency, I Gusti Ngurah Wirandjaja, said the flood occurred because garbage clogged the sluice gates at the Suwung dam estuary. Workers of the local public works office will soon clean the sluice gates, he said. (swe)