600 families take refuge from flood in Indonesia's Bengkulu

600 families take refuge from flood in Indonesia's Bengkulu
At least 600 families have taken refuge from flood that hit Indonesia's Bengkulu province, according to a press statement issued by the National Agency for Disaster Management on Wednesday.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of Center of Data Information and Public Relation at the National Agency for Disaster Management ( BNPB), said in the statement that the flood occurred at 17:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday in Kepahian regency did not claim any fatality but it inundated hundreds of house.

"It also caused total interruption on road connecting provinces of Bengkulu and South Sumatra," said Nugroho.

He said that continuing heavy rainfall has caused Musi and Semplang rivers overflowing. "Water height is 1.5 meters and residents are evacuated to safer places for now," he said.

Nugroho added that local BNPB has coordinated with police and related institutions for emergency response.

Editor: Chen Zhi

English.news.cn   2011-12-21 07:56:25              
JAKARTA, Dec. 21 (Xinhua)