Jakarta: The death toll from last week's flash flood in Sentani, Jayapura, Papua has risen to 104, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said Wednesday.
"As of Wednesday morning, 104 people were found dead, 97 of them were found in Jayapura regency, 7 of them were found in Jayapura city," BNPB spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told the press.
As many as 79 people are still missing until now. Search operations are still ongoing at the affected areas.
A total of 2,317 personnel from 28 agencies and institutions have been deployed to the disaster-hit areas. They have been instructed to conduct search and rescue activities.
According to BNPB, the number of displaced residents has increased to 9,691 people. In addition to that, the number of evacuation centers has increased to 18 locations.
The displaced residents are in urgent need of toilets, clean water, food, mattresses, blankets, proper clothing, generators, kitchen appliances as well as psychosocial assistance. Authorities are planning a number of measures to accelerate the distribution of humanitarian aid.
According to official data quoted by Antara news agency, during the period from January to mid-December last year, a total of 2,572 natural disasters had hit the country, leaving at least 4,821 people dead or missing.
Of the total, 96.9 percent of the natural disasters, were hydrometeorological in nature, such as floods, landslides, and whirlwind, while 3.1 percent, were geological disasters, such as earthquakes.
Indonesia lies on the Circum-Pacific Belt, also known as the Ring of Fire, where several tectonic plates meet and cause frequent volcanic and seismic activities.
As a result, several parts of the archipelago are prone to earthquakes, including the deadly earthquakes in Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara province, and Palu, the capital city of Central Sulawesi province.
During 2018, Indonesia was hit by a total of 11,577 earthquakes, including several of them that caused serious casualties, with the number increasing significantly as compared to that in 2017.
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