Three die in floods

Three die in floods

SEMARANG, Central Java: Heavy rains over the past two days
have caused floods in several parts of the province, killing
three people, injuring two others and damaging dozens of houses,
Antara reported yesterday.

The three who died were all women who had slipped and fallen
into the raging Wuluh River in Blora regency.

In the Kebumen regency, the embankment of the Kethek river
burst and water inundated at least 50 houses and thousands of
hectares of fields in the districts of Adimulya, Puring and
Petanahan. Residents, however, refused to seek shelter in other
regions.

Residents said they needed some 10,000 sandbags to stop up the
hole in the Wuluh River embankment. (swe/har)