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Monthly Humanitarian Bulletin January 2013

In this issue Natural Disaster overview P.1 HIGHLIGHTS Disaster Response and preparedness P.3 Funding P.3 • Number of disaster events in December 2012 increased double compared to November 2012. December-January recorded high number of natural • Floods hit in January 2013 killing 41 people and dis- disaster events placing estimates 45,000 people. Floods affected more than 200,000 persons

• Floods remained the most Following predictions by the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency devastating disaster affecting (BMKG), the rainfall distribution between “above normal” and “very high” continued more than 200,000 people in from November to December 2012. In December, the National Agency for Disaster December-January. Management (BNPB) recorded 85 natural disasters, doubled from 40 events in the previous month with approximately 131,165 people affected, four times higher com- • December-January recorded pared to November 2012. high disaster-impact ratios.

• Suspected bird flu virus killed Heavy rains in Jakarta and the outlying areas triggered widespread flooding in Jakarta 320,000 ducks in Island. area, displaced more than 45,000 people at the peak of the floods and caused 41 casualties. The set up the emergency phase from 17 to 27 Janu- • Hydro meteorological disasters ary and started emergency rehabilitationfor the period 28 January - 26 February 2013. are expected to continue in In January, BNPB recorded 115 natural disaster events with floods having the highest 2013. number of affected people.1 FIGURES Natural Disasters (Dec 2012 - Jan 2013) Events 85 + 115 200 Total Affected population 131,165 + 111,747 242,912 Casualties 22 + 106 128

FUNDING Humanitarian Response Fund 100,000 Additional approved HRF Project in Dec. 2012 (US$) source : OCHA & BNPB Despite high number of flood occurrences in December, the number of casualties (seven persons) was half of that caused by landslides (fifteen persons). Barito Utara District in Central was the worst flood hit area. At the peak of the floods,

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around 13,056 houses in six sub-districts inundated and 65,280 people displaced. Floods remained the most Twenty two education facilities were damaged as well as 10 km road and 1,225 hec- devastating disaster af- tares land area. Floods and whirlwinds caused 41 people injured in several areas of fecting more than 200,000 , Java, and North . people in December-January. In January, in addition to floods in Jakarta, similar events hit other provinces (, , , , , and ) where floodwater has now been receding. Prolonged floods in Banten since December caused 8 casualties. Flooding claimed twelve casualties in South Sulawesi. Three died in Lampung and five in Jambi due to floods and landslide. Seventeen casualties were reported in Agam District, West Sumatera, and six died in District, West Java, hit by landslides following torrential rains the two districts. Landslide in also claimed one casualty. Strong wind caused one casualty in and another one in Lampung. High tides hit in and , damaging around 200 houses.

Suspected bird flu virus Bird flu kills 320,000 ducks killed 320,000 ducks in The Local Poultry Farmers Association reported that some 320,000 ducks in Cen- Java Island. tral Java, West Java and have died of suspected bird flu in the past four months. Chicken and quails also suffered the attack of the virus. The Ministry of Ag- riculture, Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health stated that the duck deaths were caused by H5N1 virus with a clade 2.3, a new clade first discovered in Indonesia. Most regions have begun taking measures in anticipation of the spread of the virus. Although there have been no human cases due to this new clade, Ministry of Health requested the public to increase awareness and attention on Avian Influenza. December-January re- corded high disaster-im- December 2012-January 2013 disaster-impact ratio pact ratios. A disaster-impact ratio of 1:1,543 was recorded for December 2012, the highest fig- ure in that year. Eighty-two disasters occurred in December 2011 and affected 4,978 persons against 85 disaster events with 131,165 people affected in December 2012. January 2013 recorded a disaster-impact ratio of 1: 971 with 115 disaster occurrences and 111,747 affected people. Hydro meteorological disasters are expected to Increased hydro meteorological disasters in 2013 continue in 2013. BNPB predicted that hydro meteorological disaster will be dominant in 2013. Events of floods, landslides, whirlwinds, wild fire, forest fire, tide will account to some 80 per cent of the total disaster occurrences. In 2012, 295 whirlwinds occurred or 36 percent of the total 729 natural disaster events in the year. BNPB data showed increasing trends for whirlwinds occurrence from year to year.

Earthquake December recorded a decrease in the incidences of earthquakes from 31 to 22 oc- currences. One strongest earthquake of 7.4 RS with the depth of 170 km occurred in the area of Southeast Maluku. The other 21 quakes were at or below 6.0 RS. , while considered as an island less prone to earthquake, was hit by a 4.8 SR quake with the depth of 11 km. An earthquake of 6.0 RS with the depth of 84 km hit southwest of Banda on 22 January 2013. One person died and 16 were injured. As many as 71 houses, five units of health facilities were damaged. The Local Agency for Disaster Management (BPBD) Pidie District coordinated the humanitarian support for the affected.

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Volcanoes Mount Lokon in erupted spewing volcanic ashes up to 1,5 km to the sky three times on 17 December 2012. The eruption did not cause disturbance to air flight route and community in Tomohon City.

Disaster Response and Preparedness

Continued disaster response and preparedness activities towards rainy seasons

As estimated by BMKG the normal rainy season will continue until May 2013. Govern- ment institutions and other stakeholders continue their preparedness activities while responding to emergencies that occurred in the country. It is forecasted that Jakarta could expect upto mid high rainfall February 2013.

BPBD DKI Jakarta conducted the coordination meeting with the international commu- nity and other humanitarian organizations on 5 December to map disaster response capacity. BNPB completed the Risk Analysis, Hazard Assessment, Information based on warning System and Community Awareness of Merapi. This activity was conduct- ed in collaboration with BPPTK (Research and Development Agency for Volcanic Technology, Geological Agency, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources) and the University of Gajah Mada.

BNPB, in cooperation with the Agency for Technological Assessment and Application (BPPT), conducted weather modification operations to distribute the rainfalls in Ja- karta and its greater area during 26 January - 25 March 2013.

In anticipation of disasters in 2013, BNPB provided the emergency response fund or “on-call budget” of IDR 200 billion.

Funding

The Humanitarian Response Fund (HRF)

A new project was approved in December 2012 and being implemented by Yayasan HOPE Indonesia in Serdang Bedagai District of Province. The project aims to provide non-food assistance to 2,000 families that are affected by flooding and simple Disaster Risk Reduction training for students, local leaders and local govern- ment. At the end of January 2013, there were three ongoing HRF projects in , and North Sumatra. OCHA is exploring support from potential donors to replenish the Funds.

For further information, please contact: Rajan Gengaje, Head of Office,[email protected] , Tel. (+62) 21 3141308 ext. 215 Titi Moektijasih, Humanitarian Affairs Analyst, [email protected], Tel. (+62) 811 987 614 OCHA humanitarian bulletins are available at http://indonesia.humanitarianresponse.info | www.reliefweb.int

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Number of disaster events in December 2012 increased doubled compared to November 2012

Floods hit Jakarta in January 2013 killing 41 people and displacing some 45,000 people This snapshot is prepared based on information provided by UN agencies, INGOs, ASEAN, the Floods remained the most devastating disaster a ected more than 200,000 people in December2012 - January 2013 Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geo sika Hydro meteorological disasters are expected to continue in 2013 BMKG), the National Disaster Management Agency (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana BNPB), the Ministry of Health (MoH), and media reports.

Base map sources: ? OCHA, GoI, BNPB and Bakosurtanal ! Disclaimer: ACEH The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply o cial endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. NORTH EAST NORTH SUMATRA SULAWESI KALIMANTAN ? ? ? Legend ? January 2013 ! ? CENTRAL CENTRAL SULAWESI èÆ Casulaties JAMBI BANGKA BELITUNG ? ? ISLANDS KALIMANTAN ! Affected* !èÆ SOUTH MALUKU December 2012 KALIMANTAN ? SOUTHEAST SOUTH ? Casulaties LAMPUNG SULAWESI PAPUA SULAWESI ! ? Affected * !èÆ * Aected populatin more than 500 people ? DKI JAKARTA ??!?! BANTEN!! ? WEST JAVA ? ! ? CENTRAL JAVA ! ? ? ? December 2012 EAST JAVA Disaster events with highest number of A ected Population DI YOGYAKARTA BALI EAST NUSA TENGGARA Floods in Lampung, Tanggamus (6,805 Persons) WEST NUSA TENGGARA Floods In DKI Jakarta, Jakarta Selatan (7,307 Persons) Floods in West Java, Garut (3,182 Persons) Floods in Banten, Pangdeglang (1,957 Persons) Floods in , North Barito (65,280 Persons) December 2012 to January 2013 Disaster events in January Flash oods in Aceh, Pidie Whirlwind Flood Floods in DKI Jakarta 3 Casualty or Missing 69 Casualties or Missing Floods in West Java, Sukabumi and Karawang 26 Injured 240,555 Displaced and aected Floods in Banten, Pandeglang, Serang, and Cilegon 2,525 Houses damaged 273 Houses damaged Floods in South Sulawesi, Makasar Landslide Floods in Jambi, Batanghari Earthquake 55 Casualties or Missing Floods in Central Java, Sukoharjo 1 Casualty 29 Injured 16 Displaced and aected UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Indonesia 73 Houses damaged Menara Thamrin 10th Fl., Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.3, Jakarta 10250 71 Houses damaged Tel. 62 21 314 1308, Fax. 62 21 319 00 003