Three die in Semarang floods

Three die in Semarang floods

SEMARANG: Three people went missing when another flash flood
hit Semarang Tuesday, inundating some 8,000 houses, causing
several buildings to collapse, and forcing an estimated 1,000
people to flee to higher ground.

Those who went missing were Sartini, 25, Rasem, 49, and
Rusmadi, 51. Witnesses said the three residents of Tlahab Lor
village, Karangrejo, Purbalingga, were drowned in the flood.

Incessant rain over the past three days has caused the
flooding which hit almost all of Semarang. Several government
offices, shopping complexes, markets, a hospital, even the
governor's official house, were inundated.

The worst hit areas were Lampersari and Gayamsari in east
Semarang district, and north and west Semarang districts.

Central Java Governor Soewardi told The Jakarta Post this was
the worst flood in the past three years. (har/12)