Pekanbaru (Antara Bali) - Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono is scheduled to inspect a flood-hit area in Kampar Kiri Hulu subdistrict, Riau province, on Sunday, a spokesman said.
Agung Laksono would be during the visit accompanied by Kampar district head H Burhanuddin Husin MM and acting district secretary H Anizur Ilyas, Head of the Public Relations Service at the Kampar District Secretariat Nasruni said on Sunday.
Flash floods swept away tens of houses in Aur Kuning and Batu Sangkar villages, Kampar Kiri sub district, Kampar District, Riau Province after the overflowing of the Kampar River.
Aur Kuning Village Chief Sabirin said on Friday he did not have the exact figures on the number of houses destroyed by the floods.
"For sure, the latest information from many local residents said that more than ten houses have been swept away and completely flattened," he said.
Thousands of hectares of plantations were also flooded in Kampar Kiri sub district.
"While, around 5,000 houses are submerged by flood waters reaching a height of between adult's knee and three meters," he said.
Over 100 people from flood-affected six villages in Kampar Kiri sub district were forced to evacuate themselves to higher grounds.
At least one person was reportedly killed and two others were still missing in the floods.
Nasruni said the Kampar district administration had sent officers of natural disaster mitigation board to the scene to record flood victims' needs.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (MBKG) has predicted the occurrence of extreme weather in a number of regions in Indonesia.(*)
