Indonesia has recently experienced a series of disasters, the country’s Disaster Prevention Agency (BNPB) said today (17), after the earthquake that struck West Sulawesi province last Friday, 73 people are now known to have been killed.
Reuters reported that the 6.2 Richter scale earthquake in Indonesia caused many deaths and injuries, and according to BNPB spokesman Raditya Jati’s latest statement, the death toll has now risen to 73, with more than 820 injured and more than 27,800 people forced to leave their homes. Local people said some took refuge in the hills, while others went to narrow evacuation centers.
Radia said military and police personnel have been deployed to prevent local incidents such as looting. He also noted that the state of emergency issued for disaster relief will last for 2 weeks.
Dwikorita Karnawati, director of Indonesia’s Meteorological, Climate and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), has said that if the ground cow turns over again, it could trigger a tsunami.
Indonesia is only 2 weeks into 2021 and several disasters have occurred, with flooding in North Sulawesi and South Kalimantan provinces (South Kalimantan), killing at least 5 people respectively, and a mudslide in West Java province, killing at least 29 people.
On the 9th of this month, a Sriwijaya Air flight with 62 people on board crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff. In addition, the Semeru volcano in East Java province erupted on Saturday, but no casualties or evacuations were reported.
BMKG director Dweckorita said extreme weather and other hydro-meteorological conditions that pose “multiple risks” are expected in the coming weeks.
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