Flood, landslides to hit 32 towns<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
With more heavy rains expected to fall, the government warned
\non Wednesday that flooding and landslides would occur within the
\nnext week in 32 regencies and municipalities in Java, southern
\nSumatra, Kalimantan, and southern and southeastern Sulawesi.<\/p>\n
State Minister of the Environment Nabiel Makarim said flooding
\nand landslides in the period between Feb. 5 and Feb. 12 were
\npredicted based on the appearance and movement of clouds and
\nrainfall across the country.<\/p>\n
\"Thus, we must be ready for the flooding and landslides that
\nwill come soon at local and regional levels,\" Nabiel said in a
\nstatement made available to The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Regencies and municipalities that face a likelihood of both
\nfloods and landslides are: South Lampung, Lampung; Lebak in
\nBanten; Bandung regency; Bandung municipality; the West Java
\ntowns of Ciamis, Cirebon, Indramayu, Purwakarta, Sukabumi,
\nSumedang and Tasikmalaya; and the Central Java towns of Banyumas,
\nSemarang and Magelang.<\/p>\n
Those areas prone to landslides are: Pandeglang, Banten
\nprovince; the West Java regencies of Cianjur, Garut, Kuningan;
\nthe Central Java regencies of Subang, Sragen, Kendal and
\nPurwodadi; the Yogyakarta regencies of Sleman and Kulonprogo; the
\nEast Java regencies of Tulungagung and Malang; and the South
\nSulawesi regencies of Bone and Gowa.<\/p>\n
The two regencies of West Kotawaringin and East Kotawaringin,
\nas well as the municipality of Palangkaraya, all in Central
\nKalimantan, have a high chance of flooding.<\/p>\n
The minister's office, however, did not include Jakarta among
\nthe disaster-prone areas, despite the fact that the capital city
\nhas always flooded during the rainy season.<\/p>\n
Nabiel called on the local governments and the residents in
\nthese areas to take necessary measures in the face of the coming
\ndisasters.<\/p>\n
People in those areas must increase their alertness against
\nthe disasters, particularly between nightfall and dawn, he said.<\/p>\n
He expected the warning could prevent more victims to the
\nnatural disasters, as recent floods and landslides claimed dozens
\nof lives and destroyed numerous public facilities.<\/p>\n
Floods have hit some parts of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan and
\nSulawesi. The latest flood in Bengkulu on Tuesday left three
\npeople dead and four missing, while landslides in the West Java
\ntowns of Garut and Kuningan last week killed over 30 people.<\/p>\n
The recent disasters in some parts of the country were mostly
\ncaused by severe environmental destruction as a result of illegal
\nlogging and the mismanagement of forest concessions.<\/p>\n
However, no parties have yet been held responsible for the
\ndisasters, nor for the ensuing loss of human life and damage to
\nproperty.<\/p>",
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