"This time, the flood is very bad," Yohanes Don Bosco, an inhabitant of the Yahim Gajah Mada housing complex, said here, Friday.
He and many other inhabitants did not have time to save their belongings when the flood struct.
Last December, the housing complex was also flooded, but it was not as bad as the current flooding.
Indonesia is at present experiencing rainy season that has caused flooding in several provinces, including West Java, Aceh, and West Sumatra.
During the January-December 2018 period, a total of 2,427 natural disasters hit Indonesia, leaving 4,821 people dead or missing, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB).
The natural disasters also led to injuries to at least 8,400 people, displaced nearly 10 million others, and damaged some 400 thousand houses this year.
BNPB Chief Willem Rampangilei stated on December 29, 2018, that 2,350, or 96.9 percent of the natural disasters, were hydrometeorological disasters and 76, or 3.1 percent, were geological disasters.
"Predominantly, natural disasters, such as floods, landslides, and whirlwinds, occurred in 2018," he pointed out.
Reporting by Musa Abubar (f001)
Reporter: Antara
Editor: Fardah Assegaf
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