JP/Arifuddin Saeni

JP/Arifuddin Saeni

TRAFFIC CUTOFF: A landslide paralyzed traffic between Gowa and Malino on Wednesday after a section of the connecting highway collapsed. Another landslide also destroyed a part of the highway connecting Gowa and Sappaya in Gowa regency on Thursday. Until Friday evening, traffic along the two roads had yet to return to normal while the local infrastructure office was still conducting emergency repair work to the damaged roads.

Heavy rain on Tuesday and Wednesday also caused flash floods, which claimed five lives in the regency. Hundreds of locals, whose houses have been destroyed in the flooding, have been evacuated to safer areas in the regency.