Floods inundated at least six villages in Cilacap District, Central Java Province, on Tuesday. "Incessant heavy rains triggered the floods at several villages. A Cikawung river's dam also got burst," Dangir Mulyadi, head of the Cilacap district disaster mitigation office said here Wednesday. Among the affected villages were Mekarsari and Sidasari in Cipari sub district, Mulyadadi and Pahonjean in Majenang sub district, and Cimanggu and Cilempuyang in Cimanggu sub district. "The Mekarsasi flood submerged Pitulasi hamlet, while at Pahonjean, the flood inundated Bojongmeros. We are collecting data on the flood-hit areas," he said. At Pitulasi, the flood reaching a height of up to 50 cm submerged 90 houses. Heavy floods are still posing a serious threat in many parts of Indonesia this week, following inundations in some villages in Cilacap (Central Java) as well as Lombok Timur and Dompu (West Nusa Tenggara), ANTARA reported. Floods also submerged several hundred houses in two villages in Pringgebaya subdistrict, Lombok Timur district, and a number of villages in Dompu district, West Nusa Tenggara province, recently. Due to the flood waters' strong currents, three houses in Semaya hamlet were carried away and public facilities in Ketapang hamlet were also inundated.
