203 Bencana Alam Terjadi Selama Januari 2014
Indonesia Hit by 203 Natural Disasters in January 2014
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) mencatat sebanyak 203 bencana terjadi di berbagai daerah di Indonesia selama Januari 2014.
"Selama 1-31 Januari 2014 ada 203 kejadian bencana dengan 178 korban meninggal dunia," kata Kepala Pusat Data Informasi dan Humas BNPB Sutopo Purwo Nugroho di Jakarta, Senin.
Selain itu, BNPB juga mencatat terdapat 1,2 juta pengungsi akibat berbagai bencana alam yang terjadi.
"Pengungsi terbesar di Sulawesi Utara, kebutuhan rehab rekon hampir Rp2 triliun yang diusulkan. Kita akan lakukan pendataan detil," tambah dia.
Terdata beberapa bencana alam berdampak besar seperti banjir Jakarta yang menyebabkan 30.784 harus mengungsi di 140 titik pengungsian dan tujuh orang meninggal dunia karena sakit, tersengat listrik atau terbawa arus banjir.
Bencana lainnya yaitu erupsii Gunung Sinabung di Kabupaten Karo Provinsi Sumatera Utara, tercatat 15 orang meninggal dunia akibat semburan awan panas dan tiga orang luka-luka.
"Tim sebanyak 170 personel masih terus menyisir tempat-tempat yang diperkirakan masih ada korban. Ini tidak bisa cepat dilakukan karena sampai saat ini masih juga terjadi erupsi," tutur Sutopo.
Diperkirakan masih ada korban yang tertimbun abu vulkanik dengan ketebalan 30 centimeter.
Erupsi Sinabung menyebabkan 30.117 jiwa atau sekitar 9.388 kepala keluarga harus mengungsi.
Bencana berdampak besar lainnya adalah banjir bandang di Manado Sulawesi Utara menyebabkan 40 ribu jiwa harus mengungsi karena kehilangan tempat tinggal dan 19 orang meninggal dunia.
Serta banjir bandang dan tanah longsor di Jawa Timur tepatnya di Jombang menyebabkan 12 orang meninggal dunia. Sedangkan longsor di Dusun Talasan. Kecamatan Pujon menyebabkan 10 meter tanah longsor menutupi jalan provinsi.
Jakarta (B2B) - A total of 203 natural disasters hit Indonesia in January 2014, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
"There were 203 natural disasters occurring in various parts of Indonesia from January 1 to January 31, 2014, with the death toll reaching 178," Head of BNPBs Information Data Affairs Sutopo Purwo said here on Monday.
The agency also recorded the evacuation of 1.2 million people escaping various disasters.
"The largest number of evacuees was from North Sulawesi. The funds needed to carry out rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts reached almost Rp2 trillion. We are still collecting data," Purwo added.
He explained that disasters with a significant impact had occurred in Jakarta, where 30,784 people were evacuated to 140 refugee camps. Seven people died due to electrocution, disease or being swept away by flood waters.
One major disaster was the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Karo District, North Sumatra. Fifteen people were killed by getting caught in hot clouds of ash. Three others suffered burns.
"A team of 170 persons is still combing various locations where victims are still expected to be found. This cannot be rushed because the volcano is still erupting," Sutopo said.
He pointed out that his agency suspected there were still victims buried under the volcanic ash, which is up to 30 centimeters thick in some parts.
The Sinabung eruption forced 30,117 residents, or about 9,388 families, to evacuate.
Another disaster to have a major impact was the flash flood in Manado, North Sulawesi, where some 40 thousand residents were evacuated because they were displaced. A total of 19 residents were killed.
Floods and landslides were also recorded as major disasters in Jombang, East Java, killing 12 people.
