Flash floods hit several villages in the district in Soko, Tuban, East Java, since Friday (4/1) night that resulted in hundreds of hectares of rice crops damaged and crop failure.

Flash floods hit several villages in the district in Soko, Tuban, East Java, since Friday (4/1) night that resulted in hundreds of hectares of rice crops damaged and crop failure.




"There are a number of villages in the district were hit by flash floods Soko, but severe damage to rice crops in the village and surrounding Sandingrowo," said the Commander of the Military Resort (Danramil) Sub Soko, Captain Inf. Subiyanto Saturday.

He explained that the flash floods occurred in the local area after heavy rains in the hills and surrounding areas in the District Wadang Soko, Friday (4/1) at around 20:00 pm.

"Flash floods in our area lasted about two hours, the water in our office take in water is mixed with mud about 80 centimeters high," he said, when met AFP was cleaning mud Koramil Soko, along with his staff.

He said flash floods from the hills Wadang that, among others, hit the village of Plumpit, Prambon, Soko, Semanding, Sandingrowo and Kenongosari, all in District Soko.

Flash floods, according to him, is still plagued Sandingrowo village and surrounding areas, because the local village also submerged in flood water Bengawan Solo.

"We also received information that there are three cows owned by a flash flood washed away," he said.

A school administrators play (play group) Cheerful Smart Village Soko, Ulda argued, many children's games where it washed away the flood water.

"The water is swift, to fence in our area hit by flash floods also collapsed," he said.

Separately, Masngud (55), farmer Sandingrowo Village, District Soko, explaining that the area flooded paddy flash floods and overflowing of Bengawan Solo in the village reached 150 hectares are actually all are ready to harvest.

Rice crop, according to him, only a small proportion of farmers successfully harvested force, because flooding puddles deep enough to soak the rice plant.

"Harvest should dive, because puddle deep enough," said another farmer, Abdul Sukur.

Abdul Sukur example, 1.5 hectares of paddy crops, is only able to forcibly harvested 12 sacks of grain, because 10 harvesters labor was no longer able to harvest by diving.

"Traders no one wants to buy my grain, because the condition is broken, but I've issued Rp500.000 harvesting costs," he added.

Flooding has also hit some parts of the neighboring districts with Bojonegoro Tuban. Flooding in Bojonegoro compounded by overflowing of Bengawan Solo, and inundating a number of fields and plantations.