JAKARTA (Xinhua): Floods and landslides have been hitting several regions in the South-East Asian archipelago in the past week, as millions of travelers began to hit the road and flock to popular tourist sites for the Christmas and New Year holidays.
More than 55,000 residents living in the region of Barru in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi have been affected by floods reaching a depth of up to 1.2 meters and landslides in several areas since last week. The country's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) also reported that one has been killed in the disaster in the region.
