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Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of more than seventeen thousand islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Wikipedia

CapitalJakarta Trending

Regional languages: Over 700 languages

Population: 270.6 million (2019) World Bank

PresidentJoko Widodo

Currency: Indonesian rupiah

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Indonesia Hit by Floods and Landslides

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Heavy rainfall continues to affect parts of Indonesia, causing floods, triggering landslides and leading to widespread damage.

According to the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB), almost 9,200 people have been affected by floods and more than 100 others by a landslide across several sub-districts of Balikpapan City (East Kalimantan Province).

In Bireuen Regency (Aceh Province, north-west Sumatra), 1,000 people have been displaced and almost 5,000 were affected following flood events. More than 4,500 houses have been damaged across the affected Provinces.

For the next 24 hours, light to heavy rain with thunderstorms is forecast across the aforementioned Provinces.

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Humanitarian Impact
  9,000
      Affected Persons
  1,000
        Displaced Persons
    4500
          Damaged Homes

OCHA coordinates the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises.

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