Floods submerged hundreds of houses, oilpalm plantations and mosques in Stabat, Tanjung Pura, and Tandam, Langkat District, North Sumatra Province. The floodwaters started to rise on Friday evening as a nearby river overflowed, Ginting, a local resident, said here on Saturday. Flood victims were forced to evacuate their belongings to higher ground following the inundation. In Tanjung Pura, the floodwaters reached a height of up to 50 cm, ANTARA reported. Incessant heavy rains have fallen in several villages in Langkat District over the past one week, he said. The current rainy season has triggered floods and landslides in a number of cities in Indonesia.
