Floods inundate Palu

Floods inundate Palu

PALU, Central Sulawesi: The Palu river overflowed after heavy
rains Sunday, inundating thousands of houses and causing traffic
jams in the city, Antara reported yesterday.

Floods were as deep as three meters in some areas, including
the South Palu subdistrict, said commander of the Donggala
military district Lt. Col. FX Murdiyanto.

Small rivers around the city also overflowed into rice fields,
he said.

A provincial administration spokesperson said the heavy rains
in Central Sulawesi also caused landslides, hampering the flow of
traffic on the trans-Sulawesi highway in the Tawaeli-Toboli
sector.

No casualties have been reported in the floods, the biggest to
hit the capital city in the past 20 years, the spokesman said.