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Earthquake - Afghanistan (March 3rd)
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Catastrophe Report 1
January 1 – March 31, 2002
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Torrential rainfall and flood - Indonesia
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Indonesia |
| Region: |
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Jakarta and Java provinces |
| Date: |
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Late January into mid-February 2002 |
| Event: |
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Torrential rainfall and flood |
| Impact: |
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~150 dead; >365,000 temporarily homeless;
over 200,000 buildings damaged. Provisional loss data: insured
- US$200 million |
| Summary: |
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Five days of intense precipitation at the end
of January resulted in the worst flooding for a decade in Indonesia’s
capital, Jakarta, and across much of Java province. 29 of the
capital’s 35 districts were affected, with floodwaters
reaching 6m in places and submerging 70 percent of the city.
Heavy rains continued for the first half of February leading
to further floods and landslides in 12 of Java’s districts,
and the temporary evacuation of a third of a million people.
Late December 2001 and early January also saw Sumatra being
hit by flash floods that took the lives of around 50 people.
The severity of the floods in the capital is being blamed on
uncontrolled building leading to increased surface run-off.
The Indonesia government has been criticised for its poor response
and is reported to be considering the use of cloud seeding to
attempt to avert similar flooding in the future. |
| Data sources: |
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Reliefweb (www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf)
Center for International Disaster Information (www.cidi.org) |
| Additional sources: |
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For a business perspective go to Indonesian
Business on the Web at: http://articles.ibonweb.com/
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