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Emergency evacuation is an immediate egress or escape of people away from an area that contains an imminent threat, an ongoing threat or a hazard to lives or property. Examples range from the small-scale evacuation of a building due to a storm or fire to the large-scale evacuation of a city because of a flood, bombardment or approaching weather ...
2020 Jakarta floods. Flash floods occurred throughout the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and its metropolitan area on the early hours of 1 January 2020, due to the overnight rain which dumped nearly 400 millimetres (15 in) of rainwater, [2][3] causing the Ciliwung and Cisadane rivers to overflow. [4] At least 66 people have been killed, and ...
www.bnpb.go.id. The National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (Indonesian: Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana, lit. 'Disaster Countermeasure National Agency'), abbreviated as BNPB, is the Indonesian board for natural disaster affairs. It was established in 2008 to replace the National Coordinating Board for Disaster Management (Badan ...
A state of emergency was declared for 30 days from 21 November to 20 December. [78] About 6,000 rescuers were deployed. [79] The Indonesian Medical Association mobilized 200 doctors, [80] while the National Search and Rescue Agency mobilized personnel and equipment to five affected areas. [81] Search and rescue teams were deployed to locate the ...
The area of the Jakarta Special District is 662 km 2 of land area and 6,977 km 2 of sea area. [2]Jakarta lies in a low, flat basin, averaging 7 metres (23 ft) above sea level; [citation needed] 40% of Jakarta, particularly the northern areas, is below sea level, [3] while the southern parts are comparatively hilly.
2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami. The village of Petobo after the earthquake. On 28 September 2018, a shallow, large earthquake struck in the neck of the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia, with its epicentre located in the mountainous Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi. The magnitude 7.5 quake was located 70 km (43 mi) away from the provincial ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was confirmed to have spread to Indonesia on 2 March 2020, after a dance instructor and her mother tested positive for the virus.
2017–2019 eruptions of Mount Agung. Mount Agung, a volcano on the island of Bali in Indonesia, erupted five times in late November 2017, causing thousands to evacuate, disrupting air travel and causing environmental damage. As of 27 November 2017, the alert level was at its highest and evacuation orders were in place.