BADUNG: Flooding in parts of Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali prompted hundreds of people, including dozens of tourists, to seek safety, a local disaster official said. Intense rains triggered flooding since late on Monday across several Bali districts and the provincial capital city of Denpasar, said local disaster mitigation agency senior official I Gede Agung Teja Bhusana Yadnya.
In total, about 350 people temporarily sought safety amid rising waters on Tuesday, Gede said, adding that most of the people returned to their homes as waters receded. Torrential rains also forced two international flights to Bali's airport to be diverted earlier on Tuesday, while three other departures from the airport were delayed, an airport spokesman said in a statement. In September, a flash flood that struck parts of Bali killed at least 18 people and left four missing in what the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said was the island's worst flood in a decade. — AFP
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