Jakarta, Sept. 11 -- President Prabowo Subianto has ordered his aides to accelerate the handling of floods in Bali, particularly in locating missing persons and meeting the basic needs of displaced residents.

This was conveyed by Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Suharyanto following his visit to affected areas and a coordination meeting with local government officials in Denpasar, according to a statement cited in Jakarta on Thursday.

He emphasized that the government has been properly handling the flooding that swept several regions in the province on Wednesday (September 10).

Citing the results of a joint analysis with the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), he explained that the widespread d...