Mamuju, Sulbarkita.com-- Floods hit a number of points in Mamuju after rainfall is quite high since early morning, Thursday, March 22, 2018. As a result, Jalan Diponegoro which is the main line of downtown West Sulawesi was flooded to a height of 1 meter.

Dozens of vehicles passing by have to stop because of flooding. Combined Mamuju Police and Military Police finally stepped in to divert the vehicle to another alternative road.

Syahrul, 32, a resident of Fisherman, Simboro, Simboro and the Islands, said the flood came from the flood of the Karema River, one of the largest rivers in the area. He suspects the river overflowed because the flow of the river further narrowed due to the development of recent years.

"The river wall is dumped little by little by the people who build houses around the river, so the river gets narrower and finally the water flows to people's settlements and protocol roads," he said when he met Sulbarkita.com around the flood area.

Meanwhile, Sri Darmi, 60, resident of Diponegoro Street, Karema can only surrender to watch his house flooded not far from the banks of the River Karema. He did not have time to save his things because since the morning left home to work. "I came out from 6 am selling cakes. Pas go home, water has entered the house, "he said.

Sri added the flood this time was very severe in the last three years. Because never flood into the settlement up to the chest height of adults. While the government and the police have not reported any casualties, but the loss is estimated to reach tens of millions of rupiah. (ERI / TSM)