Wasior: Heavy, incessant rains lashed Wasior, Teluk Wondama, West Papua, Monday afternoon, prompting the Anggris River to overflow and inundate tens of houses and kiosks while damaging buildings, a local government official stated.
"At least 46 houses incurred minor to serious damage owing to the mudflow in the aftermath of the heavy rainfall," Wasior regional head Anthonius Alex Marani told ANTARA here on Tuesday, December 24, 2019.
According to him, the 25-cm-thick mud swept across the floors of the houses and damaged all items inside. However, no casualties were reported in the disaster.
Wasior and Wasior II Villages bore the maximum brunt of the overflowing Anggris River. Several residents of Wasior City admitted to feeling traumatized by the flash floods in 2010 and 2013.
"On Monday evening, we took refuge in Al Fallah Mosque, as we are scared of the flash floods," Nur Keres, whose house is located on the Anggris River bank, noted.
On Tuesday morning, the waters of Anggris River had receded, and a joint team of local government officials, rescue workers, as well as local police and military personnel joined hands to clean up the houses and areas swept by the mudflow. (Antara)
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