1.
GV FLOOD WATER
0.04

2.
SLV FLOODED HOUSES
0.08

3.
SV HOUSES
0.14

4.
GV FLOOD WATER
0.20

5.
MV FLOODED HOUSES
0.25

6.
MV WOMAN IN CANOE
0.30

7.
SV BOY IN WATER
0.35

8.
MV SOLDIERS AND OTHERS IN CANOE
0.38

9.
MV MORE CANOEISTS
0.41

10.
MV CHILDREN WAIT FOR MEDICAL CHECK AND FOOD
0.44

11.
MV ARMY MAN GIVING PILLS TO BOY
0.49

12.
CU WOMAN WITH BABY
0.52

13.
MV CHILDREN WAIT
0.54

14.
MV WOMAN AND CHILD
0.57

15.
CU MOTHER FEEDING CHILD
1.04

16.
CU CHILD
1.05

17.
CU ANOTHER CHILD EATING
1.10

18.
CU CHILD
1.13

19.
GV FLOODED AREA
1.16



Initials DHC/VS/JF/ES



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Background: FIFTEEN PEOPLE DIED AND ABOUT 15,000 OTHERS FLED TO HIGH GROUND WHEN THE TJITANDUI RIVER BURST ITS BANKS IN INDONESIA'S WEST JAVA PROVINCE LAST WEEK.

ROADS, RAILWAY TRACKS AND RICE FIELDS WERE COVERED BY THE MUDDY FLOODWATERS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE DISASTER, DESCRIBED AS THE WORST IN THE REGION FOR 40 YEARS.

ALARM BELLS BROUGHT THE VILLAGERS FROM THEIR BEDS IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING OF 30TH JULY AS FLOODWATER SWEPT THROUGH 10,000 HOMES IN BANDJAR TOWN AND SURROUNDING RIVERSIDE AREAS.

SALVAGING WHAT THEY COULD, THE VICTIMS FLED TO HIGH GROUND TO ESCAPE THE RAGING TORRENT, SWOLLEN BY UNEXPECTEDLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF A NORMALLY DRY SEASON.