Extreme Weather and Flooding Dominate Indonesian Disasters Through November 2023
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Based on data from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), there were 3,383 natural disasters in Indonesia during the period of January 1 to November 15, 2023.
Extreme weather was the most frequent natural disaster during this period, with 949 incidents, followed by floods with 942 incidents.
Other natural disasters that frequently occurred in Indonesia until mid-November 2023 include forest and land fires (karhutla) with 813 incidents.
Furthermore, there were 472 landslides, 156 droughts, 25 earthquakes, 24 high tides/abrasion events, and 2 volcanic eruptions.
Meanwhile, there were no tsunami events since the beginning of this year.
According to BNPB, these disasters caused 6.99 million people to suffer and be displaced, 5,572 people injured, 213 deaths, and 15 missing persons.
The disasters also resulted in 27,440 damaged houses, with a breakdown of 3,504 severely damaged houses, 4,264 moderately damaged houses, and 19,672 slightly damaged houses.
There were also 748 damaged public facilities due to all these disasters, comprising 364 educational facilities, 331 places of worship, and 53 health facilities.
Spatially, until mid-November 2023, the most natural disasters occurred in West Java (603 incidents), Central Java (490 incidents), South Sulawesi (212 incidents), East Java (197 incidents), and Aceh (193 incidents).
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