Indonesia - Floods
Regional Team: Asia
Disaster Declaration: 01/04/2006
Brief Description: Three days of torrential downpours and the overflow of the Dinoyo River culminated
in severe flash flooding and landslides in three districts of Jember Regency, East Java Province, on January 1, 2006.
The flooding and landslides in East Java killed 75 people, displaced 6,700 others, and damaged more than 2,500 homes.
In addition, flash floods and landslides in central Indonesia buried approximately 100 homes in the village of Cijeruk
on January 4, 2006.
On January 4, 2006, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires W. Lewis Amselem declared a disaster due to the damage caused by the
flooding. In response, OFDA provided $50,000 through USAID/Indonesia to the Indonesian Red Cross to support
ongoing emergency response activities in flood-affected areas.
FY2006
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