INDONESIA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): At least seven people are dead in East Java and two in West Kalimantan after several parts of archipelago were hit by heavy rainfall and flooding in recent days resulting from the La Nina weather phenomenon.
In Batu city near Malang, East Java, heavy rains caused flash floods in six villages on Thursday, displacing at least 89 families, killing 7 people, damaging 35 houses and submerging 33 houses in mud as of Saturday, according to the Batu Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).