JAKARTA, May 5 (NNN-ANTARA) – At least 15 people were killed, after flooding and landslides struck Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province, an official from the country’s disaster agency said, yesterday.
The natural disasters, which were triggered by heavy downpours, had occurred since Friday, in Luwu regency, spokesman of the National Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency, Abdul Muhari, said.
Consequently, more than 1,800 houses and mosques had been submerged by the waters, by up to three metres, and a total of 103 houses were completely destroyed, the spokesman said.
In addition, 42 other houses were swept away by the current, the spokesman said.
115 people were forced to flee their homes and take shelter in their relatives’ houses or mosques, located on safer grounds, he said in a statement.
The evacuation of disaster-affected people continued yesterday, he said.– NNN-ANTARA
