Highway blocked by deluge

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: About five kilometers of the Trans Kalimantan Highway near the Tanah Laut regency were flooded when a nearby river overflowed, disrupting traffic between Banjarmasin and cities in South and East Kalimantan.

Badarani, the regency administration's secretary, said that hundreds of houses and dozens of hectares of ricefields were also inundated.

The river ran over its banks following incessant rainfalls.

Badarani said that during the flood waters reached as high as 2.5 meters in some of the affected areas.

There were no reports of injuries, according to the Antara news agency. (arf)