The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 07/24/2010 4:50 PM | Archipelago
Floodwaters from overflowing Satui River in South Kalimantan have submerged at least 3,000 houses in the neighboring regencies of Tanah Laut and Tanah Bumbu over the last two days.
The local social service agency received reports from local people on Saturday that two residents of Sungai Danau village in Tanah Bumbu, identified as Jupri, 25, and Galuh, 35, were killed after being drowned in the raging river.
Head of the agency for emergency and assistance Achmadi said the number of fatalities remained uncertain. Field workers reported six people had been missing, four of them were found death.
"We don't yet the identity of the victims. They were drowned in the river," Achmadi said as quoted by kompas.com.
The flood followed three days of heavy rainfall, which was exacerbated by the sea rise.