Floods in Sulawesi

Floods in three provinces have forced thousands of people
to flee their houses for higher ground.

4,198 people  in Sulawesi have been evacuated to safer areas.


"Asera district is the worst effected, with 13 of its villages inundated.


Seventy two houses have been washed away,
while thousands of other houses are inundated
and hundreds of hectares of rice fields, corn fields and fish ponds have been damaged,"

He said in a press release made available to The Jakarta Post Monday.
Besides areas in Sulawesi,
the floods that began at the beginning of June following torrential downpours had also

the floods have left villages in  Sulawesi under water.
The agency has documented damages to public facilities
such as bridges, roads, houses of prayer and health facilities.
In neighboring Konawe regency, a 4-month old baby died during the flood,
although the BPBD is still investigating whether the death was caused by the flood.
1,452 families have been affected by the floods
and 200 houses have been inundated in South Sulawesi,
with 3,676 hectares of rice fields destroyed in 15 villages.


561 families in Lele villages were evacuated
after floods damaged a bridge and
floods inundated 45 houses.
The has warned of the potential for heavy rainfall in X, Y, and between June 11 and 15.

People are evacuated from the Bung Permai residential complex in Makassar during heavy flooding.

Floodwaters from the overflowing Tello River reached depths of up to 1 meter.


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Several areas in Samarinda city, remained flooded on Monday,
forcing thousands to flee their homes to seek refuge.

Flooding has been affecting the city since Sunday,

hampering residents' activities and paralyzing parts of the city.
The flooding was triggered by a rise in water level at the Mahakam River,

which flows along Samarinda city.


The city lies along the river, 48 kilometer from the river’s mouth.
Heavy rains poured for several hours on Sunday morning,
causing the water level to rise at Benanga Dam at the upstream of Karang Mumus River,
the confluence of the Mahakam River.


The Samarinda administration has applied an emergency protocol for seven days
to assist 10,300 people affected by the flooding

Even after the rain stopped, the water level in several points of the city remained high.

water level in several points of the city such as Jl. Dr. Soetomo and Jl. Ahmad Yani

people in B, G, and G have been the most affected.
People are being moved to safer ground by a team consisting of personnel from the Agency (BPBD), the police, military and volunteers.
Heavy traffic also occurred on Jl. PM. Noor due to the inundated roads.

Many motorcycles broke down after the riders forced the vehicles to ride through the flooding.