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It has an area of 373.78 km 2 (144.32 sq mi) and had a population of 1,555,984 at the 2010 census [7] and 1,653,524 at the 2020 census, [8] making it Indonesia's ninth most populous city [9] after Jakarta, Surabaya, Bekasi, Bandung, Medan, Depok, Tangerang and Palembang; the official population estimate as at mid-2023 was 1,694,740, comprising ...
An anaesthesiologist working in Kelantan's Kuala Krai Hospital had to intubate a baby in the dark after a diesel generator ran out of fuel. [34] Helicopters were used to evacuate patients from Kuala Krai Hospital as the flood worsened. [35] The 180 hospital staffs have been working tirelessly for over 5 days. [36]
The flood is thought to have been caused by high rainfall intensity, which triggered river overflows that began on January 9, 2021. [13] However, the Director of Indonesian Forum for Environment for South Kalimantan, Dwi Cahyono, argued that the flood was caused by environmental degradation in the form of hundreds of mining holes that were not reclaimed and nearly fifty percent of the 3.7 ...
Floods have hit Jakarta several times in the past, including in 1621, 1654, 1918, 1942, 1976, 1996, 2002, 2007, 2013 and 2015. A significant contributing factor is that a substantial part of Jakarta is low-lying; some 24,000 ha (240 km 2) of the main part of Jakarta are below sea level. [6]
2020–2021 Malaysian floods is an event when several states in Malaysia were flooded in late 2020 and early 2021. Floods caused about tens of thousands of people to be evacuated to evacuation centers.
Sandbag barriers were constructed to control flooding, with limited success. At the national level a debate raged as to whether the dams that store waters upstream of Bangkok were mismanaged. [53] The size and scope of the 2011 flood can, in part, be attributed to the low rainfall of the 2010 monsoon season. Dam levels hit record lows in June ...
Banjir Malaysia 2021–2022: Date: 16 December 2021 – 19 January 2022 (1 month and 3 days) Location: Selangor (notably Klang, Petaling and Hulu Langat District), Kuala Lumpur, Pahang and Perak; Negeri Sembilan, Malacca, Kelantan and Terengganu (limited) Sabah (from 30 December onwards) Also known as
The Netherlands then turned the areas under its control into new federal states, the State of Madura and the State of East Java. Amid the difficulties faced by the government of Indonesia, a left-wing opposition group, Front Demokrasi Rakyat (FDR, People's Democratic Front) launched rebellion in Madiun on 18 September 1948.