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Floods - March 1984, Indonesia

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Between late February and early March, severe seasonal flooding and landslides occurred across Java and northern Sumatra, affecting more than a quarter of a million people.

1 ReliefWeb. 1984. Indonesia Floods/Landslides Mar 1984 UNDRO Information Reports 1-2
http://wwwnotes.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/480fa8736b88bbc3c12564f6004c8ad5...


Event overview table


No. Deaths 26
No. Injured
No. Affected 300,000
Houses destroyed
Houses damaged 60,000
Other damage

31,000 hectares of rice fields


Economic cost