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On Saturday the 21st of January Northeast Lombok and Sumbawa experienced torrential rain resulting in flooding and landslides, seriously affecting villages. 5 days later, reports indicate only two lives lost less than 50 people injured, extensive damage to houses, farm lands, roads and bridges.
In response to unclear reports of large numbers of Internally Displaced People (IDP's) IDEP sent in an Emergency Assessment Team, consisting of Wuwun and Ngurah to assess the situation in East Lombok.
Soon after arrival as the flooding had abated & the danger from the emergency phase was largely under control. Ngurah continued on to investigate similar reports arriving from to Kecamatans in the neighboring island of Sumbawa with Tatang from Walhi.
Wuwun was joined by Dave Hodgkins and remained in Lombok to conduct a detailed assessment of the situation.
While the situation in both locations appears to be in a non-critical state. There are still a number of aid requirements that need to be fulfilled.
Assistance needed to deliver Aid Buckets to people in need in the area is as follows:
1,300 household buckets @ US$25 = US$ 32,500
400 construction buckets @ US$40 = US$ 16,000
(includes contents & shipping / distribution costs)
IDEP would like to thank IDEP members Wuwun Widyawati and Ngurah Karyadi, Volunteer Dave Hodgkins and Tatang Elmy Wibowo of Walhi for an excellent job in rapidly and effectively assessing the situation in these places.
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On Saturday the 22nd of January, 2 Kecamatans in Northeast Lombok experienced torrential rain resulting in flooding and landslides, seriously affecting 5 villages.
Coordination:
Upon arrival IDEP found the Camat Sambelia's office to be well under control of coordinating the situation. This is because members of the Camat had received training from MPBI in SPHERE (Standards for Humanitarian Assistance).
clearing on steep slopes can be clearly linked as a contributory factor to landslide damage. Upstream landslides greatly added to the rubble flow down swollen rivers, greatly increasing riverbank damage. Clearing of trees on riverbanks is linked to river bank instability. Large areas of cleared land up stream, show signs of long-term erosion and destabilization, greatly increasing severity of any downstream flood event in terms of increased water run off and increased river born rubble.
Official Figures from the Camats office:
People and houses:
1 dead, 1 missing presumed dead 30-40 injured up to 4,500 IDP's' 50-80 houses destroyed and 200-300 houses damaged. Many houses remain filled with mud and damage and loss of personal possessions such as clothes and furniture.
Infrastructure:
3 bridges were washed out. 3-5 km asphalt road lost 10-15 km dirt road have been lost. Damage to a number of community facilities like the National Police Training Centre and Kantor Desa. Extensive damage to farm land, much of which may not be recovered due to deposits of boulders and river gravel. Extensive damage to Irrigation channels and canal systems, much of which will need complete redesign due to changed river courses. There have been landslides in mountainous areas and redirection of river courses with extensive areas of mixed flood deposits, tree, rock, gravel and sand rubble
Current Aid provision:
A number of agencies have setup emergency poskos in the area and are offering solid on the ground support. The following is a brief assessment of agencies currently active in the disaster these include: TNI, Camats office, ACT, Police, PMI, PU, PT HM Sampoerna, Partai PKS, Parti PDI-P University of Mataram and Kami students group. In all over 190 agencies have responded with aid of various types as such short term emergency relief appears to be well taken care of.
Some 2000 IDPs' remain in camps and Water and Sanitation needs will become an issue of not addressed properly by the local government and agencies on the ground. Most IDP's currently housed in School buildings and Camats office Some IDP's currently housed in self erected tents and under tarps close to there prior homes. There is a continuing need for more tents which have been promised by Sampoerna.
There has been a limited supply of non-food items such as blankets, houshold items and tools for cleanup and household repairs.
Health:
Local Puskesmas are still operational and along with medical teams from Sampoerna and PMI appear to handling the bulk of medical requirements. Long term health needs should be adequately covered by the local government.
Aid Required:
People will require medium and longer-term aid for food and clothing for 3-6 months and also tools for cleanup, reconstruction and rehabilitation of up to 100 lost houses and up to 300 damaged houses. Farmers may require assistance due to lost tools and for the cleanup and rehabilitation of farmlands from flood debris. Some may require resettlement.
Environmental Assessment:
Need for building materials may result in illegal logging if the needs for timber are not adequately addressed. In addition extensive clearing of land on steep slopes and riverbanks will result in future flooding damage events if mitigating steps are not taken.
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The nearest airport to Kecamatan Sumbawa is in Mataram, Lombok (NTB). From there a 2 hour bus trip to the port of Pelabuhan Kayangan where a 2hour ferry across the Talas strait leaves you only 2 hours travel overland to Kecamatan Sumbawa.
On Saturday the 21st January, due to rising levels of the Semongkat river after 2 days of heavy rain, combined with high tides led to extensive flooding in Sumbawa. Prior to this the last big flood was recorded in 1986.
It is believed that upstream deforestation and denudation of the riverbanks along the Semongat river were the cause of the this flooding.
The worst affected locations were in 3 kecamatan in Kabupaten Sumbawa Besar. These are Kecamatan Sumbawa, Kecamatan Labuhan Badas, Kecamatan Unter Iwis.
Following the flood some 7,000 people evacuated to 8 locations. However, by 26th January (day 6), most of the people had returned to their homes - cleaning and repairing their houses, while some others temporarily moved in with relatives. Some 618 people remained sheltered in 3 locations as described below.
Brang Bara Market in Kecamatan Sumbawa:
There are 272 people from the surrounding region it is 15 meters away during the height of the floods water levels rose to 1 meter here. There are limited number of mats and blankets. PEMKAB via the POSKO supplies mineral water and wells are chlorinated by DIKNES. No latrines available in this location and people use Semongkat river for bathing and defecating. DINKES and PEMKAB wish to relocate these people soon. There are adequate food supplies but will need more in the medium to longer term. Food and milk for babies remains inadequate. Posko is coordinated by Kelurahan, located about 400meter away. Posko Kelurahan collects assistance from the main posko located at Wisma Kabupaten, Jl. Merdeka No 1.
Parking space at the DPRD Sumbawa:
This space shelters some 110 people from surrounding area. Mineral water in cans, supplied by POSKO coordinated by Kelurahan about 500. Washing/bathing with water available in the building, soap, donated by the local community. People use the existing 7 latrines in the DPRD building. Posko Kelurahan along with local community and political parties (PDIP, PAN, PKS) also donate food.
Kodim 1607 Sumbawa, Kelurahan Bugis RW 02/03 Kecamatan Sumbawa:
236 people in this TNI camp. Women and children in the meeting hall of Kodim and Men in platoon tent, which is also used for cooking. Mineral water is supplied from POSKO, water for washing is sourced by Kodim. Four latrines available Food is supplied from POSKO, and stocks will last for 1 week. Baby Food and Milk is inadequate. DINKES runs a POSKO here. Kodim manages the barracks, coordinating with Posko Kabupaten.
Medical Assistance:
Medical assistance is being carried out by the local Puskesmases with PMI providing Healthcare support and Emergency Kitchens.
Coordination:
Mainly done by SATLAK members, but outputs have yet to significantly reduce the impact of the Floods on people. Apparent in needs for children and under-fives in most POSKO's, and absence of segregated data of displaced people regarding age and sex at POSKO Kabupaten. As such the needs of children under-five and women remain unmet. Many locals are not reliant on external help as they are being cared for by family and these communities don't easily share information with authorities so longer term needs will likely be unmet. Mainly trans-migrants remain in the camps and are shunned by locals to some extent. Only helping these people in camps and not the local inhabitants will lead to jealousy and maybe social unrest. It is recommended that consultation of local communities be undertaken to address their needs and these feelings of jealousy.
Aid Required:
Some 200 families still require non-food household items and equipment for cleanup and reconstruction of lost or damaged houses. People will require medium and longer-term aid for food and clothing for 3-6 months. Farmers may require assistance due to lost tools and for the cleanup and rehabilitation of farmlands from flood debris. Many of these 200 families of IDP's will require resettlement.
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| How you can help |
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To make a donation or for more information, please contact David Mendoza at: donation@idepfoundation.org
To donate funds from outside Indonesia a wire transfer is the only option available at this time. IDEP is working to find sponsors in the US, Canada, and Australia who will accept tax-deductible contributions. Please check with your tax agency regarding the tax-deductibility of your donation. IDEP is a registered "yayasan" (foundation) in Indonesia.
To wire transfer funds:
Bank Name: BNI
Account Name: Yayasan IDEP
Branch: Ubud
Address: Jl Raya Ubud,Bali 80571
Swift Code: BNINIDJADPS
Account No: 0049400231
If you are wire transferring funds please notify IDEP by sending an email to donation@idepfoundation.org indicating the amount, the originating currency (i.e. US dollars, UK pounds, etc), bank name and city from which the transfer was made, your name (as you would like to be listed on the donor list), and the date of the transfer. A receipt will be sent once the funds have arrived. Also, please indicate that you wish to earmark the funds for IDEPs response to the floods in Lombok and Sumbawa.
Alternatively you can register your donation directly on our website using the on-line donation form on : www.idepfoundation.org/idep_donate.php
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