Bekasi district in Indonesia s West Java province have experienced flooding since Saturday because of heavy rain. Some embankments are broken, not only from the river embankment but also from the irrigation embankments, Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said Monday. Rescuers from the National Search and Rescue Agency have been deployed. Raditya Jati, spokesperson for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, said that more than 28,000 residents in four villages in Bekasi district and 34 villages in Karawang district are affected by the floods. At least 4,184 people are being evacuated. Thousands of houses in the area are covered with 100 to 250 centimeters (40 to 100 inches) of water and are without power.
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate as Indonesia s floods intensify
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