REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Floods have submerged hundreds of houses in Kudus and Pakalongan Districts, Central Java Province, following incessant heavy rains that caused some rivers to overflow.
Heavy downpours have triggered a landslide and floods in Pekalongan over the past four days, displacing around 7,000 people, Susiyanto, a spokesman of the Pekalongan district administration, said in Pekalongan, Monday.
The flood victims have been taking refuge in government offices and mosques.
In Kandangserang Sub-district, eight houses were seriously damaged by landslide.
The Pakalongan authorities have deployed an emergency response team to help the flood victims for one week, from January 16 to 23, 2014.
"However, it could be further extended if the condition does not get better," he said.
In Mejobo Sub-district, Kudus, 310 houses in four villages have been flooded since Sunday, according to Joko Kusmanto, a local official.
Three rivers - Dawe, Piji and Paceho, have overflowed and triggered flooding at a deep of between 20 and 50 cm.
The current rainy season has triggered floods in parts of Indonesia, such as in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Java Islands.
In the capital city, the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has reported that the death toll due to the floods has reached 11.
"Since the onset of the floods until today (January 12-20), the death toll has reached 11 people," Head of Jakarta BPBD's Control Section, Basuki Rakhmat, stated in Jakarta on Monday.
The deaths were caused mainly due to illness, electrocution, and drowning, he added.
"Apart from the above mentioned figure, another victim, a resident of Lubang Buaya (East Jakarta) has gone missing after being swept away by the flood waters," he claimed.
The floods have displaced a total of 63,958 Jakarta residents and they are currently being accommodated at 293 refugee camps.
Over the past eight days, around 293 urban villages in Jakarta have been flooded.
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