The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) stated the country experienced less natural catastrophes in the first half of this year, with 1,549 disasters tape-recorded since June– less than 2,229 in the same duration in 2015.
The agency also recorded less fatalities triggered by natural catastrophes, with 206 people having lost their lives in the last six months due to such disasters. Natural disasters claimed 479 lives throughout the very first half of 2019.
Moreover, natural catastrophes throughout the first half of this year injured 273 individuals and displaced 2.3 million homeowners. The catastrophe agency likewise tape-recorded that such calamities damaged more than 22,000 structures, consisting of houses, locations of worship, schools and health facilities.
More than 99 percent of natural catastrophes taking place in the very first half of 2019 were hydrometeorological disasters caused by atmospheric, hydrological and oceanographic phenomena, such as floods, dry spells, putting beliung ( small tornadoes) and high tides.
” The most afflicted region was Main Java with 332 catastrophes, followed by West Java with 290, East Java 205, Aceh 151 and South Sulawesi 86,” BNPB representative Raditya Jati stated in a declaration on Wednesday.
The COVID-19 pandemic complex catastrophe mitigation efforts in the nation, specifically in areas with a high number of verified cases. “This requires additional readiness and anticipatory measures by all celebrations, so we can prevent COVID-19 transmission upon reacting to the emergency circumstance,” said Raditya.
Floods made the headings this year, as they were still swamping several regions in Sulawesi and Kalimantan as of late June.
Jakarta also saw prevalent flooding on New Year’s Eve and in February due to record-breaking rainfall in the capital and its surrounding areas. The location for the country’s future capital city, North Penajam Paser regency in East Kalimantan, was also flooded by floodwater in February, affecting at least 422 citizens.
Flash floods brought on by an overflow of the Bone River in Gorontalo in June had actually forced residents of Bone Bolango regency and Gorontalo municipality to nestle far from their houses.
