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Flood submerges rice fields in Mukomuko

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MUKOMUKO -- Flood sumbmeged rice fields measuring eight hectares in Sungai Ipuh village, Mukomuko District in Bengkulu Province, Sunday.The flooding was triggered by incessent heavy rains that had fallen in the village since Saturday afternoon, Adi, a local inhabitant, said.Local farmers whose rice fields were affected by the flood, suffered material losses worth more than Rp50 million.He urged...

Residents walk through a flooded street in Jakarta. (File photo)

Floods force PLN to turn off 469 electricity relay stations

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- State-owned power company PLN turned off 469 of its 17,000 relay stations, which supply electricity to Jakarta and Tangerang, as floods hit a number of areas in the capital city.Deputy Manager of Communications and Environment Development of PLN, Bambang Hertadi, said that till Monday, February 9, at 7.30 p.m., a total of 469 power distribution stations...