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© BPBD Semarang City Heavy rain triggered landslides in Samarang City, Indonesia, Late February 2021, with emergency workers carrying out rescues.Flooding has affected over 90,000 people in Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia over the last few days. One person died after flood waters caused parts of a wall to collapse. Flooding began on 23 February 2021 after heavy rainfall during the previous days. Floods affected the districts of East Semarang, North Semarang, West Semarang, Pedurungan, G...

identify and screen hazards to which the system is exposed, analyze the likelihood and consequences of those risks, and evaluate the options for improving resilience. Above all, water utilities can adopt a framework of risk-based decision making, keeping in mind that they may also need to make decisions under deep uncertainty through flexible strategies and incremental actions. But there are some concrete steps that planners and engineers can take right now: Understand the data. Assess risk a...

Published on: Thursday, February 25, 2021 By: David Thien Text Size: Kota Kinabalu: Deforestation was the easiest low hang fruit for Indonesia’s provincial governments outside of Java Island to extract revenue for governance if most of the tax revenues were gobbled up by the central government based in Jakarta during the strongman reign of President General Suharto who came to power in a military coup. ADVERTISEMENT Likewise, Malaysian states from Kelantan to Sabah (like during the rule of th...

Floods in Jakarta, BMKG: Beware of Peak Rainy Season till March 2021 To note, the floods in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) which occurred since yesterday Friday (19/2/2021) have displaced ... Sabtu, 20 Februari 2021 21:21 TRIBUNBATAM.id - In the midst of flooding in Jakarta and its surroundings, people are asked to be aware of the peak rainy season until March 2021. To note, the floods in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) which occurred sin...

Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (9 - 15 February 2021) Format MYANMAR In northern Shan State, fighting between the Myanmar Armed Forces (MAF) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) or between EAOs continued in several townships during the reporting period. Over 50 people were reportedly displaced in Mansan Village in Namtu Township following armed clashes that broke out between the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and the allied forces of t...

East Javas rescuers continue efforts to trace 16 missing residents 15th February 2021 The SAR team and volunteers continued efforts to locate victims of the landslides in Ngetos Village, Nganjuk District in East Java on Monday (Feb 15, 2021). ANTARA/Prasetya Fauzani Surabaya, E Java (ANTARA) - A joint team of search and rescue workers on Monday continued their efforts to locate 16 other locals still buried alive after landslides struck the Selopuro Hamlet of Ngetos Village, Ngeto...

Four residents of Nganjuk buried alive in landslides found: BPBD 15th February 2021 Flooding and landslides hit several areas of Nganjuk District, East Java, on Sunday (Feb 14, 2021) (ANTARA/HO BPBD) Surabaya, E Java (ANTARA) - Four of the 20 residents buried alive by landslides in Selopura Hamlet, Ngetos Village, Nganjuk, East Java, on Sunday, were found, with two having survived the catastrophe, while two others died, the rescue agency stated. "The two survivors sustained injur...

Indonesian Rectors Forum offers aid to S Kalimantans flood victims 13th February 2021 ANTARA/Firman Pelaihari, Kalsel (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Rectors Forum (FRI), on Saturday, distributed Rp70 million in cash and 200 humanitarian aid packages to the residents of Kurau Sub-district, South Kalimantan, acutely impacted by the recent massive flooding. The cash aid and 200 humanitarian assistance packages, comprising a blanket, stationery items, five kilograms (kg) of rice, a liter ...

Respite for the displaced 13th February 2021 Some residents crossed a river using an emergency bridge after a flash flood cut off a suspension bridge in Alat village, Hulu Sungai Tengah district, South Kalimantan, on January 20, 2021 ANTARA FOTO/Bayu Pratama S/wsj. Fatimah, a resident of Kurau village in Kurau sub-district, Tanah Laut district, South Kalimantan, said she is reluctant to go back to her house, which has remained flooded for almost two months now. "Until this time...

VP distributes aid packages to flood-stricken victims of Subang 13th February 2021 Vice President Maruf Amin handed over aid packages to flood victims in Subang District, West Java, on Saturday (Feb 13, 2021)  (ANTARA/Rangga Pandu) Our country is prone to natural disasters. The United Nations and World Bank have also placed Indonesia on the list of countries that are most at risk of natural hazards in the world Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian Vice President Maruf Amin handed out President...