Jakarta - After destroying hundreds of houses across the
coastal lines of Java, Bali and western Sumatra, tidal waves struck
the coasts of eastern Indonesian islands of Lombok and Flores, forced
to more than 1,000 people to flee their homes and keeping fishermen
onshore, local media reports said Sunday.
While residents across the southern coast of Java and Bali, and
the western coast of Sumatra, were cleaning out debris from their
homes which were damaged by the tidal waves two days earlier, the
huge waves heavily damaged or destroyed more than 150 homes along
coastlines on Lombok and Flores islands.
At least 1,000 residents were forced to abandon their homes on the
two islands, and the tidal waves also forced on fishermen to halt
their activity, a leading Kompas daily reported.
Weather officials say the waves were a result of the accumulation
of winds in one spot and are not linked with annual weather patterns.
Forecasters warned that high waves may reoccur in the coming days.
Tidal waves have pounded coastlines in 11 provinces in Indonesia,
from Aceh, on the northern end of Sumatra to the southern tourist
resort island of Bali since Thursday, with the southern coast of Java
the worst hit, where more than 200 houses and dozens of fishing
boats were destroyed.
There were no reports of casualties, but the tidal waves forced
thousands of residents to flee to higher ground. On the western coast
of Aceh, at least 4,00 residents had to abandon their homes after
sea-water flooding Thursday.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur 
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