Lampung flood inundates 1,300 houses

Lampung flood inundates 1,300 houses

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: Floods inundated approximately 1,300
houses and at least 2,700 hectares of plantations and paddy
fields at a transmigration camp in North Lampung regency.

Antara said that for the time being there were no reports of
casualties but that officials have already sounded warnings of
the possibility of outbreak of disease.

The settlements most affected are Rawapitu and Rawajitu, but
other nearby villages are at risk as it is uncertain whether
levees will hold the rising water.

Witnesses said the water in some ricefields has risen to as
high as one meter.

Subdistrict chief Kirnali M. Yus said he has requested medical
supplies and other assistance from the provincial government.
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