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East Flores regency in the standby state, following a flash flood from the summit of Mount Ile Mandiri. Currently, more than 1,000 displaced residents fled to the church buildings and a higher relative house.

Head of Public Relations of East Flores regency government, Tonce Matutina said theheavy rain that continued mengguyr region resulted in two people seriously injured and10 homes were severely damaged.

"Residents of the City Larantuka, especially located along the river Waibalun fears thatfloods and had to evacuate to a safe location," said Matutina when contacted Tuesday, January 18, 2011.

Residents plagued by worry, because, the mountain still covered with thick clouds,accompanied by heavy rain and strong winds. "Residents fear flooding accompanied bylandslides from the mountain top," said Matutina.

Disaster trauma of 2002 still haunt residents. He recounts, in 2002 dozens of peopledied buried after flooding from the top of the mountain suddenly lunged townshipresidents.

Meanwhile, aid from the provincial government to NTT East Flores district can not bedone, because the ferries are used have not been allowed to sail.

Head of Social NTT, Piter Manuk, in Kupang on Tuesday (18 / 1), said the floods hit the region at the eastern tip of Flores since Sunday night. Help is still hampered and restrained in the form of Social Service NTT, rice, fast food, tarpaulins and kitchenutensils.

Governor of NTT, Frans Leburaya said it will build a logistics warehouse shelters in the three major islands in NTT, like Sumba, Timor and Flores to anticipate delays indistributing aid to disaster victims. "We will think of to build a logistics warehouse fordisaster victims