Hundreds of houses in East Manggarai flooded

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Hundreds of houses in East Manggarai flooded

A flood triggered by heavy rains in the past few days inundated hundreds of houses in East Manggarai District, East Nusa Tenggara Province, on Thursday (6/12) night.

"The heavy rains caused two estuaries in the district to overflow," Chief of the East Manggarai District Natural Disaster Mitigation Office Antonius Dergong said on Friday (7/12).
Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA News NTT) - A flood triggered by heavy rains in the past few days inundated hundreds of houses in East Manggarai District, East Nusa Tenggara Province, on Thursday (6/12) night.

"The heavy rains caused two estuaries in the district to overflow," Chief of the East Manggarai District Natural Disaster Mitigation Office Antonius Dergong said on Friday (7/12).

"We are on the way to the scene. But according to a preliminary report, the flood inundated hundreds of houses," he said.

There was no immediate report of casualties or material damage. "The flood occurred before local residents had not gone to bed, so they could avoid it," he said.