FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN JAVA, INDONESIA

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FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN JAVA, INDONESIA

• The disaster occurred on the eve of the third
  anniversary of the Banda Aceh earthquake and
  Indian Ocean tsunami
• DECEMBER 25-31, 2007

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JAVA ISLANDS, INDONESIA
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FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN INDONESIA

• Millions of Indonesians on the Java Islands are
  susceptible to floods from seasonal rains and
  landslides because the many people live in or
  near fertile river floodplains, or on the slopes
  of mountains and active volcanoes.
• Landslides occur frequently because the seasonal
  tropical rains soak hillsides that are already
  unstable as the result of years of deforestation.
  

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IMPACTS

• An estimated 128 were killed by the flooding and
  landslides.
• Tens of thousands were left homeless.
• A bridge in the Madiun District of East Java
  was swept away by flood waters.

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FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN INDONESIA

• Days of torrential rain triggered floods that
  inundated thousands of houses throughout the
  country and landslides that buried some villages.
• The Wonogiri and Ngawi Districts were severely
  impacted by 2-meter flood waters from the
  Bengawan Solo River.
• The Karangirya District was hit hard by
  landslides.

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FLOODING IN PONOROGO,. EAST JAVA, DEC 25, 2007
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FLOOD WATERS HINDER POLICE EAST JAVA, DEC 26,
2007
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EVACUATION FROM FLOODING IN NGAWI DEC 29, 2007
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EVACUATION FROM FLOODING IN NGAWI, DEC 29, 2007
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SEARCH AND RESCUE

• 1,000 Soldiers, police, and volunteers dug for
  survivors of landslides in the Karanganyar
  District.
• The instability of the situation prevented the
  use of heavy machinery and limited searchers to
  hands, spades, and ploughs.

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LANDSLIDES KILL 78 DECEMBER 25, 2007
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7-9 METERS OF MUD IN TAWANGMANGU, CENTRAL JAVA
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SEARCH AND RESCUE TAWANGMANGU, CENTRAL JAVA
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PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO AND FIRST LADY, KRISTIANI
DEC 31
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A WORSENING PROBLEM

• Floods and landslides have occurred in Java for
  five consecutive years, each year worse than the
  preceding year..
• The primary factors exacerbating the continuing
  annual disasters are 1) deforestation, 2)
  conversion of forests into agricultural land, and
  3) inadequate land-use planning and adaptation
  measures.