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Jakarta, April 4 (IANS) Flooding in Demak regency, Indonesia’s Central Java province, has forced around 3,000 residents to evacuate, with one person reported missing, the country’s National Disaster Management Agency said on Saturday. The disaster was triggered by heavy rainfall in upstream areas, which increased water discharge and caused embankments in Dukuh Solowere and Dukuh Selodoko to collapse, inundating nearby residential areas.”A total of 1,070 households, or 4,280 people, were affected…