Heavy rain and landslides hit the city of Sorong in West Papua Province for approximately four hours on Thursday afternoon (July 17). <br /><br />Thousands of residents' houses and several main roads were submerged in knee-deep floodwater. An Indonesian Navy's National Army hospital was also flooded, and a number of patients were forced to evacuate.<br /><br />The National Search and Rescue Agency have been deployed three teams to the most severely affected locations.<br /><br />Afrisal, the Head of this National SAR Agency search, said they are prioritising women and children currently trapped inside their homes. <br /><br />According to the Sorong Disaster Mitigation Office (BPBD), currently, there are four dead, and three reported injured.<br /><br />Three of the deaths were caused by a landslide and one death was caused by electrocution.<br /><br />Rescue operations are ongoing.
