Hundreds of hectares of rice fields in a number of villages in at least three subdistricts in Bojonegoro regency, East Java, were inundated by the overflow of Bengawan Solo river. Head for preparedness of the Bojonegoro Disaster Handling Agency (BPBD) Sutardjo said Friday according to reports the inundated areas included Kapas, Balen and Kalitidu subdistricts. In the villages in the three subdistricts, the floods had inundated at least 260 hectares of rice fields with the crops only two weeks to 30 days old and dozens of hectares of second crops. The worst floods hit Kalitidu subdistrict, where 10 villages were flooded and inundated at least 62 hectares of rice crops, ANTARA reported. "As long as the floods last not more than three days, the rice crops are still safe," he said.
