Overall Green alert Flood
in Indonesia

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Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103270
Death: 6
Displaced: 4
Countries: Indonesia
From - To 14 May - 16 May

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Indonesia - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 21 May 2025)Fri, 16 May 2025 10:41

  • Heavy rainfall affected central Indonesia, in particular, the Kalimantan island over the period from 11 to 13 May, triggering landslides and causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • The ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) reports, as of 16 May, four fatalities, three people missing, four displaced, 21 affected people, and six damaged houses across the Samarinda regency, East Kalimantan province, due to a landslide event that occurred on 12 May.
  • In addition, across the aforementioned regency, ADINet also reports two fatalities, a total of more than 10,400 affected people and nearly 3,300 affected houses due to floods that occurred in the same period.
  • Over the next 96 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole Kalimantan island.
Indonesia - Floods and landslides, update
  • Heavy rainfall affected central Indonesia, in particular, the Kalimantan island over the period from 11 to 13 May, triggering landslides and causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • The ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) reports, as of 16 May, four fatalities, three people missing, four displaced, 21 affected people, and six damaged houses across the Samarinda regency, East Kalimantan province, due to a landslide event that occurred on 12 May.
  • In addition, across the aforementioned regency, ADINet also reports two fatalities, a total of more than 10,400 affected people and nearly 3,300 affected houses due to floods that occurred in the same period.
  • Over the next 96 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole Kalimantan island.
Fri 16 May 2025Provided by ECHO Daily Flash
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