South Sulawesi s flooding severely affects 123 Inalipue villagers 5 hours ago
Some houses damaged after a flash flood hit Wajo District, South Sulawesi on Saturday (June 26, 2021). ANTARA/HO-Wajo Disaster Mitigation Agency. Makassar, S Sulawesi (ANTARA) - The South Sulawesi Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) announced on Sunday that the flash floods that hit Inalipue Village in Wajo District on Saturday have severely affected 123 residents from 40 households.
Eleven residents from five affected households had even taken refuge to safer places after the flooding severely damaged their houses, the agency s head, Nimal Lahamang, said in Makassar.
The catastrophe that occurred following heavy rainfall and overflowing river damaged nine houses, a village office building, and two school buildings, as well as affected 40 other houses, he said.