Downpours caused four rivers - Teunon, Suak Beukah, Panga and Krueng Oen, to spill over their banks, T Irvan TB, district head of Aceh Jaya, said here on Wednesday, while visiting flood-hit Gampong Blank Baro, Teunom sub-district, since Monday.
The seven sub-districts affected by floodwaters reaching a height of up to 1.5 meters, are Teunom, Panga, Pasie Raya, Darul Kamal, Setia Bakti, Krueng Sabe and Sampoiniet.
The flooding has affected a total of 1,410 families or 4,204 people.
Inhabitants of Tuwi Kareung, Lhok Guci and Tuwi Peuriya villages in Pasie Raya sub-districts were evacuated to higher grounds, he said.
Meanwhile, 29 villages in seven sub-districts in South Aceh Districts, were also flooded.
The flooding had hit South Aceh since Monday and submerged at least three schools in Central Trumon sub-district, Junaiti, a resident of Cot Bayu village, Central Trumon, said.
Floods hit four villages in Central Trumon, three in Kota Bahagia sub-district, two in Central Kluet sub-district, seven in Pasie Raya, seven in Tapaktuan sub-district, two in East Kluet sub-district, and four villages in North Kluet sub-district.
Landslides also hit Gampong Panjupian village in Tapaktuan, as well Gampong Lawe Sawah and Buloh Didi in East Kluet.
Flood waters reaching a height of up to two meters also forced local inhabitants to evacuate themselves to safer places.
Six families were evacuated to a local hall in Central Trumon, and 17 people took refuge in a fire brigade office in Tapaktuan.
Reporting by Irman Yusuf
Editing by Fardah, Rahmad
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