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Indonesian flooding claims 147 lives
Floods and landslides that hit Indonesia this month have killed at least 147 people nationwide.
Police report at least 57 people were killed in flood-related incidents in the capital Jakarta and surrounding towns.
Landslides last week killed ten people in Bali, in Sulawesi five people died in flood-related incidents.
East Java police say that the 75 have died in the province, which includes the small island of Madura, since the end of last month.
In Jakarta the worst flood to hit the city in decades has receded and most of some 330,000 displaced residents have returned home.
The Association of Indonesian Insurance Companies has forecast that insurance claims will exceed 400 million dollars.
08/02/2002 05:03:19 | ABC Radio Australia News
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