An Indonesian village was inundated by crimson-coloured water after flooding hit a fabric dyeing centre in central Java, sparking a social media frenzy.
Residents of Jenggot, near the town of Pekalongan, were seen wading through blood-red water on Saturday and many shared images of the rare phenomenon online.
Officials later confirmed the unique colour came from harmless fabric dye used by several batik factories in the area.
Pekalongan itself is well known for its batik textiles industry, with many cottage industries flourishing across the town.
“They did not dump the dye on purpose, but several home industries were flooded and the dye packages were carried away by the water”, local disaster agency official Dimas Arga Yudha said Sunday, adding that the batik dye was not toxic or dangerous.
Local officials deployed pumps to drain the flooded area it was cleared in less than an hour
Published on: Monday, February 08, 2021
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Residents wade through floodwaters dyed red from the waste of a batik factory in Pekalongan, central Java.
PEKALONGAN: An Indonesian village was inundated by crimson-coloured water after flooding hit a fabric dyeing centre in central Java, sparking a social media frenzy.
Residents of Jenggot, near the town of Pekalongan, were seen wading through blood-red water on Saturday and many shared images of the rare phenomenon online.
Officials later confirmed the unique colour came from harmless fabric dye used by several batik factories in the area.
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Pekalongan itself is well known for its batik textiles industry, with many cottage industries flourishing across the town.
The Indonesian Government claimed that flash floods that inundated Semarang city's Kota Lama (Old Town) neighborhood and several other areas on Saturday .
Dompet Dhuafa distributes fast-food boxes to Semarang s flood victims 7th February 2021
Dompet Dhuafa s volunteers distributed fast-food boxes to flood victims in Semarang city, Central Java, on Saturday (Feb 6, 2021). (ANTARA/Istimewa)
Until Saturday evening, we kept searching for people getting stuck at home due to the floodwaters inundating their neighborhood area. They are served with fast food boxes Jakarta (ANTARA) - Charity organization Dompet Dhuafa s volunteers in Central Java Province distributed fast food boxes to many residents of Muktiharjo Lor neighborhood in Genuk Subdistrict, Semarang city, affected by flash floods on Saturday evening. Until Saturday evening, we kept searching for people getting stuck at home due to the floodwaters inundating their neighborhood area. They are served with fast food boxes, Head of Dompet Dhuafa-Central Java Office Satria said.
Several train travels still diverted due to Semarang s flooding 7th February 2021
Floodwaters still inundated Tawang station s railway platform on Sunday (Feb 7, 2021) (ANTARA/ HO-Humas PT KAI Daop 4 Semarang) Semarang, C Java (ANTARA) - Several train travels heading to northern rail line, particularly inside the areas of Semarang city, Central Java Province, remained diverted on Sunday because floodwaters still inundated some track sections.
The flooded tracks are located in the rail line east of Semarang, including those between Tawang and Alastuwa train stations, PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Operational Regional (Daop) 4 Semarang Spokesman Krisbiyantoro said.
The floodwaters inundating the tracks were measured about 35 and 38 centimeters in height, he said, adding that the flooding submerging the Kaligawe area remained high so that trains could not pass the track there.