When Sampang Was Flooded
Tuesday, February 5, 2002
At the time flooding inundated hundreds of residents’ homes, the Regent of Sampang was nowhere to be seen.
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The cold air woke Rahman from his sleep. It would soon be dawn. Outside the sound of falling rain on the town of Sampang, Madura, could faintly be heard. But Rahman almost got a heart attack when he jumped out of his bed. His feet felt wet. That’s when he realized his house was half a meter under water.
There was nothing the father of two children could do on that Wednesday of last week other than try to save his family. The flood waters w
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