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Deadly Cyclone Cempaka hits Java

Fri, December 8, 2017   /   12:03 am
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    Villagers pass by a house destroyed by floods in Dogongan village, Imogiri district, in Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, on Wednesday Nov. 29, 2017. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    Children catch fish in Kerto village, Pleret district, Bantul regency, Yogyakarta. Amid the destruction, children were able to find some joy from the flooding, as they were able to have fun catching fish. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    Children play soccer inside a temporary shelter at Kebonagung village hall in Imogiri district on Wednesday Nov. 29, 2017. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    Villagers work together to clean up thick mud covering the road connecting Imogiri and Siluk villages in Bantul regency. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    Villagers clean up mud and debris from their houses along the banks of the Oya River in Siluk village, Bantul regency. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    Villagers in Imogiri use a cart to transport their goats to higher ground, safe from the floods. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    Villagers use a rubber dinghy to pass through chest high flood waters, in Gunungkidul regency. Heavy rains inundated the area in up to two meters of water. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    The remains of a bridge destroyed by flood waters in Blawong village in Jetis district, Bantul regency, on Nov. 28. Villagers have been forced to take a longer route to reach the other side of the river. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    Villagers make the most of the situation by fishing in Imogiri. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    Around 500 villagers were displaced from their houses by the floods in Bantul regency. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    Two teenagers collect melons that were carried away by the floodwaters. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    A teacher and a student move important files from the inundated SMKN 1 vocational school Tanjungsari in Gunungkidul regency. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    Water from the Winongo River overflows on to Jl. Parangtritis in Srihardono village, Bantul regency. JP/Aditya Sagita

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    Members of the Kampung Cyber community help clean up debris at a house in Bantul regency on Dec. 3, 2017. JP/Aditya Sagita

Tropical cyclone Cempaka, which ravaged Java island since late last month, has claimed dozens of lives and forced thousands to evacuate following floods, landslides and strong winds in 28 regencies and municipalities on Indonesia’s most populated island.

At least 41 people have died or been declared missing, a spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said, detailing that Pacitan in East Java had faced the most casualties with 25 victims, followed by Yogyakarta with 10, four in Wonogiri and two in Wonosobo and Purworejo in Central Java.

The agency also recorded that at least 13 people had been injured following incidents caused by the stormy weather.

“There are 28,190 evacuees currently staying in shelters,” he said on Tuesday.

BNPB also estimated that economic losses from the cyclone reached Rp 1 trillion (US$ 70 million) from damages to infrastructure, residential areas, the productive economy and various other sectors. The cyclone, which formed in late November off the southern coast of Java, also damaged nearly 5,000 houses, 36 bridges, 21 schools and inundated some 3,212 houses that lay in its wake.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has reported that the cyclone has moved away from Indonesia.

Meanwhile, the Yogyakarta administration has decided to end the emergency status it enacted last week after the cyclone wreaked havoc in several regencies and municipalities in the province.

“But we will remain alert, especially as the rainy season is predicted to last until the beginning of next year,” the head of Yogyakarta city National Disaster Mitigation Office Agus Winarto said. 

 

Read also: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/12/06/cyclone-cempaka-leaves-at-least-41-dead.html