JAKARTA, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Flooding in Demak regency, Indonesia's Central Java province, has forced around 3,000 residents to evacuate, with one person reported missing, the country's National Disaster Management Agency said on Saturday.
The disaster was triggered by heavy rainfall in upstream areas, which increased water discharge and caused embankments in Dukuh Solowere and Dukuh Selodoko to collapse, inundating nearby residential areas.
"A total of 1,070 households, or 4,280 people, were affected. Of these, 2,839 residents have been evacuated to several shelters, while one resident remains missing," the agency's spokesperson Abdul Muhari said in a written statement.
A rapid assessment conducted by the Demak Regional Disaster Management Agency showed that eight villages across four districts were affected.
Local authorities and emergency teams have evacuated residents, set up temporary shelters, distributed sandbags to reinforce damaged embankments, and provided food and medical assistance to evacuees. Search operations for the missing resident were ongoing. ■