Jakarta.- At least six people have died in Indonesia, two of them on the tourist island of Bali, due to
floods caused by heavy rainfall that continues this Wednesday, when authorities are searching for four missing people, according to the local rescue agency Basarnas.
"Heavy floods caused the death of two residents in Jembrana Regency (southwest of Bali) on the night of Tuesday, September 9," said the head of the Basarnas Disaster Communication, Information and Data Center, Abdul Muhari, in a statement.
The government agency also confirmed that four people lost their lives and another four are missing in the province of Nusa Tenggara, east of Bali.
Indonesia's quintessential tourist enclave, Bali, has recorded heavy rainfall since Tuesday night and several areas have suffered flooding, including the southern regencies of Jembrana, Gianyar, Tabanan and Klungkung, and the Balinese capital, Denpasar, where one of the country's main international airports is located.
At least 207 families have been affected in Bali by the accumulation of water, which has forced the evacuation of 85 people, including children and the elderly, according to the authorities.
The work of the Balinese rescue teams "was hampered, because many access roads were flooded," said the head of the Denpasar Search and Rescue Office, Nyoman Sidakarya.
Bali remains this Wednesday at potential risk of moderate and extreme rainfall (between 50 and 150 millimeters of precipitation per day) accompanied by storms, according to the Indonesian meteorological agency, which forecasts a more moderate forecast for the rest of the week.
The population in affected areas has been alerted about possible hydrometeorological hazards, including floods, flash floods, or landslides.
"In the event of any sign of danger, evacuate immediately before conditions worsen," local authorities warned.
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