Flash Floods in South Kalimantan

A man carries a food supply for refugees using an inner car tyre as he crosses a river after the bridge was destroyed by a flash floods at Waki village, Batu Benawa, Hulu Sungai Tengah regency, South Kalimantan. The Hulu Sungai Tengah regency is still isolated from the aid, as the access road was destroyed. Flooding caused by seasonal heavy rainfall and massive land clearing for palm oil and coal mining in South Kalimantan, resulted in water levels rising up to two meters, inundating hundreds of houses and forced thousands residents to flee their homes and find shelter on higher ground.