TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Data recapitulation of natural disasters between January and November 2014 from the Directorate of Social Protection of Natural Disaster Victims recorded that during the period, Indonesia has been hit by 161 natural disasters.
"The most frequent disaster is flood,” said Director General of Social Protection and Security of the Social Affairs Minister Andi Zaenal Abidin Dulung to Tempo.
Floods happened 71 times and it was the most frequent natural disaster, followed by a tornado that happened 45 times, landslide (22 times) and earthquake, which happened 12 times, and volcanic eruption that happened 11 times.
"Landslide that hit Banjarnegara several days ago has not been included in the data because it happened in December 2014," an official told Tempo.
West Java province tops the lost as a province that saw most natural disasters. At least 28 natural disasters hit the province: floods (10 times), landslide (10 times) and tornado (8 times).
In the meantime, Central Java comes second with 27 natural disasters: flood (6 times), landslide (4 times), tornado (13 times) and volcanic eruption (4 times).
Aceh province is on the third position with 20 natural disasters hitting the province, consisting of flood (16 times), tornado (twice) and earthquake (twice).
Other provinces on average experience dozens of natural disasters.
In total, those 161 natural disasters also claimed fatalities. At least 93 lives were lost or missing, 202,796 households were displaced, and 678,661 people all over the country suffered from those natural disasters.
MITRA TARIGAN
