Four die in Sulawesi floods

POSO, Central Sulawesi: Four people were killed in major floods that swept through the province on Sunday, a press report said yesterday.

The floods triggered by incessant rains also destroyed a bridge connecting the Banggai and Poso regencies, cutting off the land transportation between Poso and Luwuk.

Dozens of houses in the Balinggara district were inundated, Antara reported.

The frame of the bridge built in 1982 was so badly damaged that the local government will have to build a new one, public works officials said. (pan)