Three killed in floods

BANJARMASIN, S. Kalimantan (JP): A major flood hitting Kintap subdistrict in the Tanah Laut Regency has killed three persons, destroyed at least 51 houses and two bridges.

Floods also occurred in the Satui subdistrict of the Kotabaru regency, where three people were drowned, Antara reported.

Social service officials in Tanah Laut said at least 891 houses were destroyed. Almost five kilometers of a provincial road and hundreds of hectares of rice fields ready to be harvested were inundated by water.

They also said that thousands of head of cattle have been reported missing as the water levels in several areas were as high as 190 centimeters.

The floods cutoff land communication between Banjarmasin, the Kotabaru regency and the neighboring East Kalimantan province.(pwn)