OCHA Situation Report No. 5
Indonesia: Flash Floods and Landslides
East Nusa Tenggara Province
15 March 2007


Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

This report is developed by HC/RC Office in Indonesia based on 
information provided by the National Coordinating Board for the 
Management of Disaster (BAKORNAS PB), Provincial Coordinating Unit for 
the Management of Disaster (SATKORLAK PB) East Nusa Tenggara, District 
Coordinating Unit for the Management of Disaster (SATLAK PB) Manggarai, 
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), NGOs, and media reports.

I. SITUATION

1. Search and rescue missions have ended as of 10 March. Roads in Cibal 
sub-district, the area worst affected by the flash floods and 
landslides, are mostly accessible, however, access remains blocked in 
Kentol Village of Cibal sub-district. The Public Works personnel, 
together with the military, police and SATLAK PB, continue road cleaning 
efforts. The main focus now is road clearing.

2. In some affected areas, the situation has begun to return to normal. 
As of 12 March, schools have reopened and are serving around 1,000 
students.

3. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will visit the affected areas 15 
March.

4. The latest BAKORNAS PB figures on casualties, missing persons and 
IDPs are as follows:

|---------+--------+---------+------|
|   Sub   | Deaths | Missing | IDPs |
|District |        | persons |      |
|---------+--------+---------+------|
|  Reok   |    2   |     0   |  0   |
|---------+--------+---------+------|
|  Cibal  |   38   |     8   |1,970 |
|---------+--------+---------+------|
|Wae Ri'I |    0   |     0   |  66  |
|---------+--------+---------+------|
|  Lamba  |    2   |    17   |1,683 |
|  Leda   |        |         |      |
|---------+--------+---------+------|
|  Poco   |    0   |     0   |1,285 |
| Ranaka  |        |         |      |
|---------+--------+---------+------|
| Ruteng  |    1   |     1   | 655  |
|---------+--------+---------+------|
|  Kota   |    0   |     0   |  0   |
|  Komba  |        |         |      |
|---------+--------+---------+------|
|  Sambi  |    0   |     0   |  73  |
| Rampas  |        |         |      |
|---------+--------+---------+------|
|  Total  |   43   |    26   |5,732 |
|---------+--------+---------+------|

Source: Bakornas daily report of 13 March 07, at 20:00 hours


5. The damage caused by landslides and flash floods have affected 92 
houses, 47 hectares of paddy field, 25 hectares of plantations, one 
primary school, and one bridge.

II. NATIONAL RESPONSE

1. On 12 March, two C-130 Hercules airplanes, carrying assistances from 
the President, the Department of Social Affairs, the Department of 
Health and the Coordinating Minister of People's Welfare, arrived in 
Maumere. Four tonnes of relief items were directly forwarded to Ruteng 
sub-district via Fokker 27 planes, while the remaining 13 tonnages would 
be transported in the coming days.

2. On 13 March, SATLAK PB distributed two trucks of assistances in Cibal 
sub-district, another two trucks in Lamba Leda sub-district, and one 
truck in Ruteng sub-district.

3. While continuing its immediate response, PMI has conducted further 
needs assessments in Cibal, Lamba Leda and Poco Ranaka sub-districts. 
Teams from the PMI East Java Chapter have bolstered health services 
delivery.

III. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

1. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has sent 1,700 individual 
kits and 100 midwifery kits as part of its USD 50,000 humanitarian 
assistance package. UNFPA has also been working with the local District 
Health Office and the community health center to provide mobile 
reproductive health services to affected communities and to establish a 
referral health system.

2. In addition to the distribution of non-food items (blankets, sarongs 
and hygiene kits), The Church World Service (CWS) will distribute 2.4 
tonnages of high energy biscuits to flash flood and landslide affected 
communities.

3. World Vision has distributed supplementary food to approximately 350 
children under five-years-old in areas of IDP concentration in Cibal 
sub-district. World Vision will also distribute food and non-food items 
and provide health and education assistances.

4. The UN RC/HC Office in Jakarta continues to monitor the situation in 
close contact with relevant government and non-government institutions, 
as well as the Indonesian Red Cross.

For detailed information please contact

UN RC/HC Office Jakarta
Fax: +62 21 319 00 003

Mr. Fernando Hesse
Tel. + 62 21 314 1308
Mob. + 62 812 108 7276

Mindaraga Rahardja
Tel. +62 21 314 1308
Mob. +62 811 825 207

Desk Officers:

  NYC - Mr. Wojtek Wilk, Tel. +1 917 367 9748
  GVA - Mr. Erik Kastlander, Tel. +41-22-917 1587

Press contact:
  NYC - Ms. Stephanie Bunker, Tel. +1-917 367 5126
  GVA - Ms. Elizabeth Byrs, Tel. +41-22-917 2653

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