Authorities broke out inflatable rubber boats to help visitors either evacuate or leave their hotels in flood-hit areas in the island province, which has seen frequent flooding in recent years, partly due to overdevelopment.
orrential downpours triggered floods on Sunday that left roads, residential areas, hotels and villas inundated across vacation spots in Bali, prompting authorities to evacuate trapped tourists using inflatable rescue boats.
The flooding affected at least a dozen locations in Kuta, Badung regency, one of the most popular tourist destinations on the resort island, where floodwaters reached up to 60 centimeters high in some areas.
Among the affected areas were Jl. Nakula and Jl. Sunset Road in the high-end shopping district of Seminyak, as well as Jl. Dewi Sri and Jl. Campuhan in surfing haven Legian.
Authorities used rubber rafts and police cars to help more than 100 tourists who wanted to either leave or reach their accommodations in the flooded areas.
The Bali Police’s head of vital object security, Adj. Comr. I Gede Putu Raka Sujana, said officers used several compact pickup trucks to help guests leave the Ramada Encore Seminyak, as the road in front of the hotel was inundated in waist-deep floodwater.
"Although in theory, guests can leave the hotel by walking through the floodwaters, it is still quite dangerous so we decided to help them," Sujana said on Monday.
Bali Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Made Rentin told The Jakarta Post on Monday that the flooding was caused by three consecutive days of heavy rain over the weekend.
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