Rain storms hit Bali

Rain storms hit Bali

DENPASAR: An eight hour rainstorm swept through Bali's western
district of Jembrana on Monday, severely damaging scores of
houses and uprooting countless trees.

Ida Bagus Prayoga, spokesman for the Jembrana administration,
said no injuries had been reported but that material losses had
"definitely been large".

Worst hit was the Kota Nagara housing complex, where dozens of
houses were severely damaged. Asbestos roofs were torn from
buildings and trees uprooted or had branches broken.

People were too scared to go out as power was cut, crippling
400 homes Monday night, Antara reported.

Fishermen did not dare go to sea for fear of tidal waves,
Prayoga said, adding the disaster had not affected sea transport
between Java and Bali. (pan)