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Indonesia: flood kills 29 in Bengkulu

Flood and landslides, which hit Bengkulu province on Indonesia’s Sumatra island on April 26, have claimed 29 lives and made 13 others missing.
Indonesia: flood kills 29 in Bengkulu ảnh 1The aerial view of flood in Bengkulu (Source: antaranews)

Jakarta (VNA) – Flood and landslides, which hit Bengkulu province onIndonesia’s Sumatra island on April 26, have claimed 29 lives and made 13others missing.

According to the April 29 report by the NationalDisaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), the disasters destroyed 184 houses and sevenschools. Around 13,000 residents were affected by flood and landslides, with12,000 of them forced to leave their inundated houses and stay in temporaryshelters.

Environmental activists highlighted theexistence of eight coal mining companies operating in the Bukit Daun ProtectionForest buffer zone which is the upstream water catchment area of the AirBengkulu River which overflowed due to heavy rain and caused flooding to soakthe Central Bengkulu region and Bengkulu City.

The BNPB has offered aid reaching 2.25billion Rp (161 million USD) for handling the impact of the disasters.-VNA
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