Overall Green alert Flood for Indonesia
in Indonesia

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Flood Indonesia can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1100374
Death: 16
Displaced: 22199
Countries: Indonesia
From - To 08 Feb - 10 Mar

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Indonesia - Floods update Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:41

  • Following the widespread floods triggered by heavy rainfall over the last week, several provinces in Java (Jakarta, West Java and Banten) are still inundated.
  • According to the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB), as of 3 March, 4,140 people have been displaced in Karawang Regency (West Java Province), 677 in Tangerang Regency (Banten Province) and 65 in East Jakarta administrative city.  
  • For the next 24 hours, moderate to heavy rain with thunderstorms is forecast across the affected provinces.
  • Since January 2020, hundreds of natural events occurred in the country leading to 122 fatalities (102 due to floods, 16 to landslides and 4 to tornadoes), 2 missing people and more than 1.4 million displaced.
Indonesia - Floods and severe weather (ECHO 09 Mar 2020)Mon, 09 Mar 2020 11:00

  • Heavy rain and strong winds continue to affect several parts of the country, triggering widespread floods and leading to casualties and damage.
  • According to the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB), as of 9 March, 106 people have been affected and 24 displaced in Semarang City (Central Java Province). Floods have been reported also in West Papua Province with 150 people  affected. A tornado in Ambarawa Town (Central Java) injured one person and damaged several houses.
  • More heavy rain is expected in the next 24 hours across most of the affected provinces.
Indonesia, February 2020Indonesia's National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB), reported heavy rain caused landslides and flooding in parts of West Sumatra and West Java provinces from 16 February. Elsewhere, flooding was reported in Sumbawa Regency in the province of West Nusa Tenggara Province from 17 February, and in Penajam district, North Penajam Paser Regency in East Kalimantan province from 18 February. Heavy rain also triggered a landslide in Ciawi District, Bogor Regency, West Java, in the early hours of 20 February, killing four people inside. On 23 February, BNPB reported some flooding in East Jakarta after the Ciliwung, Sunter and Kali Mati rivers overflowed. Over 750 people were evacuated. By 25 February this figure had increased to 5,022 people, staying in 47 emergency camps in East Jakarta. A further 2,188 people were also displaced in North Jakarta and 121 in South Jakarta. Flooding also affected parts of Karawang Regency in West Java from 24 February. BNPB reported 47,000 affected and 9,770 displaced.Sun 16 Feb 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Calamities where gays get the blame: 28 and countingTue, 10 Mar 2020 17:15:00 +0100.

Why else blame gays for natural disasters? We have no idea, but tribal elders in Kenya and a legislator in Cayman Islands have provided the latest ridiculous examples. The Kenyans claimed that God has responded to homosexuality and same-sex
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BNPB records 652 natural disasters in February 2020Sun, 01 Mar 2020 10:20:00 +0100.

Chief of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center Agus Wibowo during a press conference at the BNPB office in Jakarta in October J2019. (FOTO ANTARA/Katriana) The disasters still dominate this month. The death toll from
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Solutions rooted in nature could help combat the impact of rising sea ... Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:52:00 +0100.

With a large part of its land located below sea-level, the Netherlands is a country that has seen its fair share of floods. These include the devastating North Sea flood of 1953, which affected Scotland, England, Belgium and the Netherlands
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West Papuans should watch out for natural disastersMon, 24 Feb 2020 14:07:00 +0100.

The risks of disasters are obvious. Warnings have also been issued. Please do not undermine the risks of disasters. We must be prepared for them Manokwari, W Papua (ANTARA) - The West Papua Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) urged residents
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