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View all search resultsThe hardest hit region is Sayung district, where nearly half of the 20 villages face daily tidal floods, usually between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. Floodwaters often rise as high as 30 centimeters and worsen during the rainy season.
This ongoing flooding marks the third major flood caused by river embankment breaches in Grobogan regency. A similar disaster occurred on Jan. 20 when the embankment in Tutang village, Baturagung, failed, followed by another on March 8, when torrential rains caused embankments to breach at three separate locations.
The export of sea sand may threaten islands across the archipelago, as well as the livelihoods of people living on them, as sand dredging has caused dozens of islands to disappear in the past, environmentalists have warned.
Authorities in Demak and Kudus are rerouting traffic and assisting thousands of residents who have been affected by massive flooding over the weekend, while the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has reported that the disaster has affected more than a quarter of a million people in at least 10 regencies in the province.
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