More than 20,000 people have fled homes after floods hit Eastern Java of Indonesia since Feb. 23, National Disaster Management Agency reported here on Monday.
Consecutive days of downpours have triggered Bengawan Solo river passing through Central and East Java overflowed and submerged more than five thousands houses and forced the residents to took shelters in higher grounds, spokesman of the agency Priyadi Kardono said.
"Today there are 10,300 people take shelter in Lamongan of East Java province, and in Bojonegoro of the province at least there are still a half of 20,170 displaced persons still stay at refugee camps,"he told Xinhua.
In Bojonegoro, the floods had already started to recede, some of the evacuees had begun to return home, said Kardono.
The spokesman also said that the internally displaced persons had taken shelters in tents, mosques and their relative houses which were not hit by floods.
Floods have been frequently hit Indonesia due to lack of forest covered-areas which is caused by forest destruction and deforestation.
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