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Flooding submerges 12 sub-districts in West Javas Bekasi District 8th February 2021 An inflatable boat (Foto: Pradita Kurniawan Syah). Cikarang, Bekasi (ANTARA) - The Bekasi Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported on Monday that heavy flooding inundated at least 12 sub-districts in Bekasi District, West Java, after torrential rains lashed the areas from Saturday to Sunday. The floodwaters, reaching between 30 and 150 centimeters in height, swamped affected areas in the 12 sub-...

Indonesia - Floods update (BMKG, Reliefweb, BNPB, AHA Centre) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 January 2021) Format Heavy rainfall continues to affect several parts of Indonesia (particularly Sumatra Island, Java Island and Papua Province) since 17 January, triggering rivers to overflow, floods and flash floods that have resulted in casualties and damage. The Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) and the AHA Centre report, as of 21 January, 114 displaced people, more than 21,150 affec...

Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Summary: New US Covid infect...

Disaster description Indonesia’s Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency predicts the peak of La Nina to occur in December 2020 and January 2021. The peak of La Nina coincides with the peak of rainy season which usually occurs between January and February. The agency also states that this phenomenon could increase precipitation which triggers heavy rainfall across the country. During this period, Indonesia frequently suffers flood and landslides. As of January 14, 2021, several...

Jokowi extends condolences following Sumedang landslide 15th January 2021 President Joko Widodo at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Friday (Jan 15, 2021) offered his condolences over the Sumedang landslide in West Java that claimed 24 lives. ANTARA/HO-Muchlis Jr/Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau I offer my deep condolences over the landslide in Sumedang District of West Java Province that claimed lives. Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) extended his condolences over t...

Rescuers efforts ongoing to locate 24 missing residents of Sumedang 13th January 2021 (ANTARA/Bagus Ahmad Rizaldi) Bandung, W Java (ANTARA) - Local rescue workers on Wednesday continued their attempts to locate 24 residents still missing in the aftermath of landslides that hit Cihanjuang Village, Cimanggung Sub-district, Sumedang District, West Java, on January 9, 2021. The search and rescue operation was started at 7:30 a.m. local time by focusing on a settlement area, house of ...

English News and Press Release on Indonesia about Flash Flood, Flood and more; published on 11 Jan 2021 by ECHO

Torrential rain has caused landslides that claimed 11 lives, and rendered eight others missing in Cihanjuang Village, Cimanggung Sub-district, Sumedang ...

Ministry deploys Tagana to help evacuate Sumedang landslide victims 10th January 2021 Torrential rain has caused landslides that claimed 11 lives, and rendered eight others missing Cihanjuang Village, Cimanggung Sub-district, Sumedang District, West Java Province, on late Saturday (Jan 9, 2021). ANTARA PHOTO/Novrian Arbi/wsj. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Social Affairs Ministry has deployed the Disaster Preparedness Youth (Tagana) to help the evacuation of victims of landslide in Sumed...

Two landslides set off by heavy rainfall and unstable soil kill at least 11 people in Java, Indonesias most populous island