Floods - August 2001, Indonesia

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 13/03/2007 - 03:32. Floods – Landslide – Windstorms

Start date: 01/08/2001

End date:02/08/2001

Location:

Indonesia

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Glide number: FL-2001-000407-IDN

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The Indonesian island of Nias, off the west coast of Sumatra, was hit by a storm bringing intense rainfall and triggering landslides. In some areas, floodwaters rose to six metres forcing 697 people out of their homes. Worst affected was the subdistrict of Lahusa.

¹ ReliefWeb. 2001. Floods and landslides kill 31 on Indonesia's Nias island, 99 missing.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACOS-64CMDW?OpenDocument

² ReliefWeb. 2001. Indonesia: Floods and Landslides OCHA Situation Report No. 3
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/546717c2fdf4d8f5c1256a...

Event overview table

No. Deaths	84
No. Injured	11
No. Affected	697
Houses destroyed	738
Houses damaged
Other damage	- 7 schools - 3 churches - 4 bridges
Economic cost

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