FLOODS FOLLOWED BY LANDSLIDES


FLOODS FOLLOWED BY LANDSLIDES

Flooding is a down phenomenon (which is usually dry) because increasing volume of water. Flooding can occur due to various factors such as excessive water flooding in a place due to heavr rain, overflowing of river water, or oautbreak of a river dam. Not infrequently because, the intensity of the rain that is too high in floods can also be accompanied by landslides, characterized by the movement of soil or rocks, which causes fall of soil to fall down.
One are phenomenon floods and landslides was Jember, East Java. This disaster happened at 1 January 2006 (Sunday), 23.30 local time, (Indonesian local time equals to + 7 hours GMT. Some areas in Jember are vulnerable to disaster. The floods affected 12 villages in 10 sub-districts, Panti, Rambiouji, Balung, Patrang, Kaliwates, Wuluhan, Puger, tanggul, sukorambi, and Arjasa. The worst affected areas are Pecan, Panti and Suci.
Some of environmental law expert analyzed these floods in Jember are especially 12 villages in 10 sub-districts are an ecological disaster that caused by poor environmental management as evidenced in the rapid rate deforestation in the province. Three days of heavy rain and the overflow of the Dinoyo River also contributed to flash floods and landslides. Human factors also affect this disaster because there are illegal logging that has damaged the catchment are.

As the local media report the flood and landslides carrying mud inundated at least 2.500 houses and thousand of vehicle.according the government last information, flas floods damaged about 300 houses. According to the intial report provided by SATLAK PBP Jember, 56 houses were totally destroyed or swept away, and 47 others heavily damaged. Seven bridges and 13 hectares of paddy field were also damaged. According to PMI’s rapid assessment, the recent disaster has damaged 500 houses in Panti sub-district, 55 in Tanggul sub-district, 40 in Rambipuji sub-district and 5 in Arjasa sub-district. During the incident, thousands of people have sought temporary shelter in mosques, school buildings on higher grounds, fearing more flash floods an landslides will come.

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