Hundreds of homes were flooded on Friday (February 21) after heavy rain caused a river to burst its banks in Indonesia.<br /><br />Aerial footage from the Telukjambe Barat district in Karawang regency shows the devastating effects of the rising water form the Cibeet river.<br /><br />Officials said 485 homes in two villages had been submerged with more than 1,750 people evacuated. <br /><br />Karawang regency government worker Yasin said: ''The number of houses affected by the overflow of the Cibeet river is 485 in two villages, namely Karangligar and Mekarmulya.''<br /><br />Yamin said the water level rised from 30 centimeters to 1.5 meters in the district of Telukjambe Barat in the West Java area.<br /><br />"Residents have fled to homes that have not been affected by flooding," he said.<br /><br />Village chief Amo, 54, said that since the flood had hit, government assistance had not been received by the people even though residents were in desperate need.<br /><br />He said: "Since yesterday there has been no assistance, while business has been paralysed because the access roads are flooded. We are asking for help to be sent immediately.''
