Storms destroy 10 houses

Storms destroy 10 houses

CILACAP, Central Java: Heavy rain and strong winds destroyed
10 houses in Tambaksari village, Kedungreja district, yesterday
afternoon, leaving 12 families homeless.

Cilacap Regent Mohammad Soepardi visited the disaster site and
promised to provide financial assistance to the 15 residents who
were injured. The regent also took food for the families who lost
their homes.

The gale also toppled dozens of trees.

In Banjarnegara regency two days of heavy rain caused a
landslide in the village of Kertosari, Kalibening district, which
shares a border with Pekalongan regency.

A 20-meter portion of the road connecting Pekalongan and
Banjarnegara was buried under a 10-meter-high pile of dirt.

Banjarnegara Regent Nurachmad said local people, public works
ministry employees and Armed Forces personnel cleared the road.
Traffic had returned to normal by yesterday morning.

The road was built in 1990. It has been hit previously by
landslides in 1992 and 1995. (wah)