OCHA Situation Report No. 6
Indonesia: Flash Floods and Landslides
East Nusa Tenggara Province
21 March 2007


Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

This report is prepared by the UN HC/RC Office in Indonesia based on 
information provided by the National Coordinating Board for the 
Management of Disasters (BAKORNAS PB), the Provincial Coordinating Unit 
for the Management of Disasters (SATKORLAK PB) East Nusa Tenggara, the 
District Coordinating Unit for the Management of Disasters (SATLAK PB) 
Manggarai, UNICEF, NGOs, the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), and media 
reports.

I. SITUATION

1. UNICEF conducted a rapid assessment in the affected areas on 16-17 
March and reported difficulty in accessing the affected areas due to 
limited transportation means.  The local government, together with the 
community leaders, provided emergency shelters, health services, food, 
water and latrines to the IDPs. Diseases such as acute respiratory 
infections, gastro-intestinal problems, diarrhoea, and skin diseases 
have been reported.

2. SATLAK PB Manggarai set up electricity generators in some of the 
affected areas, and distributed food and non-food items to returnees. By 
20 March, the Deputy Head of Manggarai District should have consolidated 
reports on disaster response in the affected areas, and on 21 March the 
District Head is to hold a meeting with MENKOKESRA (Coordinating 
Minister for People's Welfare) and BAKORNAS PB authorities in Jakarta to 
discuss further assistance and rehabilitation.

3. SATLAK PB Manggarai reported that the road from Benteng Jawa to Reo 
remains blocked.  The local government, the Military (TNI) and Police 
continue working to reopen the access.

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

|------------+------+---------+------|
|Sub District|Deaths| Missing |IDPs  |
|            |      | persons |      |
|------------+------+---------+------|
|Reok        |  2   |      0  |    0 |
|------------+------+---------+------|
|Cibal       | 38   |      8  |2,056 |
|------------+------+---------+------|
|Wae Ri'I    |  0   |      0  |   66 |
|------------+------+---------+------|
|Lamba Leda  |  2   |     17* |  465 |
|------------+------+---------+------|
|Poco Ranaka |  0   |      0  |   90 |
|------------+------+---------+------|
|Ruteng      |  1   |      1  |  655 |
|------------+------+---------+------|
|Kota Komba  |  0   |      0  |    0 |
|------------+------+---------+------|
|Sambi Rampas|  0   |      0  |   73 |
|------------+------+---------+------|
|Total       | 43   |     26  |3,405 |
|------------+------+---------+------|

Source: BAKORNAS PB daily report of 19 March, at 20:00 hours


Note:

a. Most IDPs from Cibal and Lamba Leda Sub-districts have actually 
returned home.  However, the data has yet to be finalized by SATLAK PB.

b. * Unicef reported that 8 out of 17 missing persons in Lamba Leda are 
school-aged children.

BAKORNAS PB reported that most of the IDPs have returned home.  UNICEF 
has also confirmed that IDPs were returning home two weeks after staying 
in emergency shelters.

II.  NATIONAL RESPONSE

1. TNI started the reconstruction of houses in Benteng Jawa Village, 
Lamba Leda sub-district.

2. PMI Manggarai branch continued to provide disaster relief assistance. 
PMI continues to work in close coordination with the local government.

3. CRS reported that the assistance provided through the SATLAK PB 
originated from PT Trans Nusa, PT Pupuk Kaltim, PLN (National Electric 
Company), local private sector businesses and branches of political 
parties.

III. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

1. UNICEF conducted rapid assessments in two of the most affected areas 
(Cibal and Lamba Leda sub-districts) and delivered 300 hygiene kits and 
two water bladders to SATKORLAK PB Manggarai.

2. CRS, in cooperation with the Catholic Church and the local 
University, distributed food and non-food items through emergency 
shelters and to affected households.

3. 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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