Floods, triggered by days of torrential rains, inundated or heavily damaged thousands of houses at ten sub-districts in the city of Gorontalo and forcing thousands of people to evacuate on Tuesday, ANTARA reported. Official at flood mitigation post command said that as of Tuesday morning, around 2,015 people had been evacuated to a number of safer locations. The official said that starting from 2 a.m. on Tuesday, flood waters had swept through ten sub-districts, namely Heledulaa Selatan, Moodu, Heledulaa Utara, Bugis, Ipilo, Tenda, Padebuolo, Biawu, Dembe II, and Tenilo. He added that the local government had distributed 100 boxes of instant noodle and three tons of rice to the displaced people at the refugee shelters. Rescue workers, assisted by police and military officials as well as volunteers, joined together to evacuate the flood victims from their homes to at least 10 temporary shelters across Gorontalo city.
