Jakarta Forum - Bandung, West Java, The Citarum River overflowed again on Monday and inundated Baleendah, Dayeuhkolot, and Bojongsoang, Bandung District, West Java Province.
"Cieunteung has been inundated over the past tree weeks, and the floodwaters are continuing to rise. It seems the flooding season will this time last longer than usual," Jaja, neighborhood leader of Cieunteung, Baleendah, Bandung District, said here on Monday.
The Citarum at first overflowed causing a flood a few days ago which on Sunday had begun to subside but on Monday the river burst its banks again due to incessant downpours, he said.
The floodwaters which reached a height of between 50 cm and 150 cm, submerged at least 4,000 houses in Baleendah and Dayeuhkolot, and a number of roads.
Residents of Cipagalo village, Bojongsoang sub district, were forced to evacuate to higher ground as hundreds of houses in the area were inundated.
"We have fled our homes three times since the rainy season began because the floods are worse than before," Sulaeman, a Cipagalo inhabitant, said.
The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has set up public kitchens and provided rubber boats to help the flood victims.
The Mekarsari elementary school at Cieunteung also stood in one-meter-deep floodwater, forcing students to move their class activities to a village hall. The school which is located near a Citarum river bank has been inundated condition for the past two weeks.
Meanwhile, floods affected seven villages in Cilacap district, Central Java, on Sunday following incessant rains since Saturday evening.
The villages were always flooded in the rainy season as they were located in a low-lying area, chief of the Cilacap district natural disaster mitigation board Dangir Mulyadi said.
The seven flooded-villages were Tegalsari, Gunungreja, Sidareja, Sidamulya, Tinggarjaya, Sudagaran and Ciklapa. They are located in the subdistricts of Sidareja and Kedungreja.
Indonesia is now in the rainy season which has triggered floods in many parts of the country including Jakarta, Jambi (Sumatra), Pandeglang (Banten Province), Bandung and Kerawang (West Java), West Sumatra, South Sumatra Province, South Sulawesi, and Kudus (Central Java).
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