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137 Natural Disasters Reported in Late January 2024, with Flooding as the Most Frequent

Nabilah Muhamad 25/01/2024 20:30 WIB

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The BNPB reported 137 natural disasters in Indonesia between January 1st and 23rd, 2024. Flooding accounted for 93 of these incidents.

Number of Natural Disasters in Indonesia (January 1-23, 2024)

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137 Natural Disasters Reported in Late January 2024, with Flooding as the Most Frequent

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Number of Natural Disasters in Indonesia (January 1-23, 2024)

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Data from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) shows that there were 137 natural disasters in Indonesia from January 1-23, 2023. These events were dominated by hydrometeorological disasters (97.81%) and geological disasters (2.19%).

Flooding was the most frequent type of natural disaster during this period, with 93 occurrences.

Other frequent natural disasters included extreme weather (33 events) followed by landslides (7 events).

BNPB also recorded two earthquakes, one volcanic eruption, and one forest and land fire (karhutla) incident.

There were no recorded droughts, high tides, or coastal erosion events during this period.

According to BNPB, these disasters affected 909,068 people, causing displacement, 33 injuries, and 10 fatalities.

Furthermore, these disasters damaged 10,381 houses: 124 houses were severely damaged, 234 moderately damaged, and 10,014 slightly damaged.

Ten public facilities were also damaged, including five educational facilities and five places of worship. No health facilities were damaged as a result of these disasters.

(See also: Nearly 5,000 Natural Disasters in Indonesia Throughout 2023, Karhutla Dominates)

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