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Massive flooding strikes South Sulawesi
Thousands of people and homes have been affected by flooding in South Sulawesi, including the provincial capital Makassar, after days of downpours caused three rivers to overflow, with the local branch of the national weather agency forecasting more rain in the province's northern highlands.
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Local officials sail down an inundated street on Feb. 12, 2025, during a flood monitoring operation in the Perumnas Antang housing area in Makassar, South Sulawesi. Hundreds of houses have been flooded since Monday across four subdistricts of Manggala district in the provincial capital. (Antara/Arnas Padda)
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everal regions of South Sulawesi were hit by massive flooding on Tuesday after days of torrential rains that led to three rivers bursting their banks, forcing thousands of people to evacuate to safer areas.
The flood affected provincial capital Makassar as well as Maros and Gowa regencies, and prompted authorities to release water from Gowa’s Bilibili Dam with an overflow rate reaching 1,000 cubic meters per second, official data showed.
Flooding also shut down more than 450 electricity substations in the province, leaving around 23,600 homes without power.
In hardest-hit Maros regency, flooding affected more than 100,000 people in 14 districts, with some areas recording a maximum flood depth of 1 meter.
Maros Regent Chaidir Syam ordered that all local government buildings be opened to shelter evacuees, and to set up emergency kitchens at district offices.
He also ordered the temporary closure of all schools in the regency and civil servants to work from home.
Floodwaters around 50 centimeters deep covered Jl. Trans Sulawesi, a major road connecting Maros and Makassar, trapping motorists for up to five hours on Tuesday evening.
