Indonesia – Heavy Rain Triggers Floods and Landslides in 8 Provinces
Flood
How the score is calculated
The score starts at 8. It adds points from recorded affected, deaths, displaced and casualty counts, plus terms found in the story title, event type or status. For each count, only its highest matching band is used.
- Affected people
- 1–999: +5 · 1,000–9,999: +12 · 10,000–99,999: +20 · 100,000–999,999: +28 · 1 million+: +35
- Deaths
- 1–9: +8 · 10–99: +14 · 100–999: +22 · 1,000+: +30
- Displaced people
- 1–9,999: +6 · 10,000–99,999: +12 · 100,000+: +18
- Casualties
- 100 or more: +8
- Story wording
- +10 for terms such as catastrophe, famine, war, conflict, major earthquake, mass casualty or critical. Otherwise, +5 for active, ongoing, emergency, outbreak, cyclone or hurricane.
Score bands: Watch 0–24 · Moderate 25–49 · High 50–74 · Critical 75–100. Scores are capped at 100. Missing or unparseable figures add no points.
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Historical record
Status: CLOSED · Imported 2026-10-07
Closed for this historical import at the site owner’s request; not a new assessment of current conditions.
In brief
- What happenedFloods and landslides have affected wide areas of Indonesia since 07 October, 2020.
- How many affectedThe cited sources do not yet provide a reliable affected-person total.
- What help is neededThe Indonesian Red Cross has distributed relief items including food to 271 flood victims.
What changed
First retained snapshot
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Situation
Floods and landslides have affected wide areas of Indonesia since 07 October, 2020. At least 3 people have lost their lives. Homes have been damaged or destroyed and hundreds of people displaced. Java Island West Java Flooding since 11 October 2020 has affected around 1,000 households in 6 districts of Garut Regency in West Java Province. The affected districts are Pameungpeuk, Cikelet, Cibalong, Peundeuy, Singajaya and Banjarwangi. Indonesia’s National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) said heavy rain caused an overflow of the Cipalebuh and Cikaso rivers. Around 60 homes were damaged, including 7 severely damaged. Sixty families were displaced in Pendopo Pamengpeuk District. Homes were also damaged after floods and landslides occurred in Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Province on 12 October. Central Java A landslide occurred in Dawe District, Kudus Regency, Central Java early on 12 October. Two young people died in the landslide, according to a report by the Kudus Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD). Greater Jakarta Local media reports that flooding affected parts of Jagakarsa Subdistrict, South Jakarta on 10 October. The Indonesian Red Cross has distributed relief items including food to 271 flood victims.
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WorldsAid verification
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What we knew when
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- Last verification represented by this immutable snapshot.
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Provenance
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