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Flooding hits 2 villages in Central, West Lombok
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In crisis – West Nusa Tenggara Disaster Mitigation Agency head Muhammad Rum (right) hands over humanitarian assistance for flood victims in Lembar village, West Lombok, on Monday. (Courtesy of the West Nusa Tenggara Disaster Mitigation Agency/File)
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looding hit two villages in Central and West Lombok regencies, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) after a full day of heavy rain of Sunday, inundating at least 300 houses and displacing 500 people. Floodwater also damaged crops on more than 120 hectares of farmland.
“Flooding has occurred in Lembar village, West Lombok, and Montong Ajan village, Central Lombok, since Sunday afternoon because of heavy rainfall. We have distributed humanitarian assistance in the two locations,” NTB Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Muhammad Rum said in Mataram on Monday.
In Lembar village, he further said, 200 houses were inundated as a result of an overflowing river, which coincided with a high tide.
In Montong Ajan village, the agency recorded some 100 houses affected by floodwater, which came from mountainous forest areas on Sunday. More than 90 people, including 30 children and 11 toddlers and babies, had been displaced.
“The condition of the two locations has improved. However, people affected by the flooding are still taking refuge in safer places. We have erected emergency tents and public kitchens in the disaster locations,” said Rum.
The agency said humanitarian assistance distributed included food, clothes, blankets, family kits, kitchen utensils and emergency tents. (ebf)
