Indonesia's BNPB: 954 Natural Disasters Have Occurred Since the Beginning of 2022
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The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that 954 natural disasters occurred in Indonesia at the beginning of 2022.
Flooding was the most frequent natural disaster, with 379 incidents recorded until March 16, 2022.
This was followed by 335 incidents caused by extreme weather. Then, there were 183 landslides and 44 forest and land fires (karhutla).
High tides and abrasion were recorded at 8 incidents. Finally, there were 5 earthquakes.
These natural disasters resulted in many casualties. A total of 1,399,960 people suffered and were displaced.
There were 586 injuries and 76 deaths. In addition, 3 people are still missing as a result of the natural disasters.
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