Rainstorm hits Liquisa

Rainstorm hits Liquisa

LIQUISA, East Timor: Rainstorms sweeping the area over the past four days have destroyed five houses, damaged crops, and knocked down a bridge and a dam.

There has been no word of casualties but the disaster has disrupted land communication between Dili and Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara.

In the Maubara district in Liquisa regency, the storm has caused landslides and trees to topple, blocking roads and causing traffic jams between Dili-Maliana-Atambua-Kupang.

The local public works office yesterday started building an emergency bridge and evacuated a dozen families.

As of yesterday, the floods and rain had not ceased and three vehicles were still buried in landslides in Liquisa.(yac)