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 1100452
Death: 7
Displaced: 2276
Countries: Indonesia
From - To 19 Apr - 13 May

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West Sulawesi, Indonesia, May 2020A local disaster agency said 2 landslides struck in close succession on 05 May in Kelapa Dua Village, Anreapi District, Polewali Mandar Regency, West Sulawesi, Indonesia severely damaging a house and burying several vehicles. Three people died and 4 others were injured in the incident. AHA Centre also reported flooding in Pasangkayu Regency (known as North Mamuju Regency until recently), West Sulawesi Province, around the same period. Flooding damaged 861 homes, displaced 550 people and affected a total of 3,288. Flooding began around 02 May after heavy rain caused the Lariang River to break its banks in Bulutaba District.Sun 3 May 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Articles: 5 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

The Number of People Affected by Floods Will Double by 2030Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:34:00 +0200.

Why Is Flood Risk Increasing? Flood risk is increasing dramatically due to heavier rains and storms fueled by climate change, socioeconomic factors such as population growth and increased development near coasts and rivers, and land subside
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Vanuatu: Tropical Cyclone Harold challenges disaster and public health ... Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:39:00 +0200.

Low-lying islands in the South-west Pacific Ocean are counting the human and economic toll of Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold , which destroyed key infrastructure and highlighted the challenges of disaster and public health management in the
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Indonesia: ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update, 30 Mar – 05 Apr 2020Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:46:00 +0200.

REGIONAL SUMMARY. Scattered and isolated rain showers were reported in several parts of Indonesia, resulting to localised flooding events. Meanwhile, one earthquake of at least magnitude 5.0 were recorded in Indonesia. HIGHLIGHT. The Nation
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Environmental disasters across world in March 2020Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:45:00 +0200.

ANKARA The third month of 2020 saw numerous environmental disasters that impaired climate change and vice versa, including a deadly tornado in the U.S., landslide in Brazil and heavy rains in Pakistan. Here is a look at the global environme
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),