2019 South Sulawesi floods |
Date | 22 January 2019 |
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Deaths | 68[1] |
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Non-fatal injuries | 47[2] |
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Missing | 6[3] |
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On 22 January 2019, floods caused by heavy rainfall hit the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. At least 68 people were killed. Gowa Regency was hard-hit having the majority of the fatalities.
The most destructive flood was caused by the overflowing of the Jeneberang River and the opening of the watergates of the Bili-Bili Dam in Gowa, though other floods also occurred elsewhere in the province.
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