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Natural disasters caused 377 deaths and dislocated 3.5m people in Indonesia in 2017

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Jakarta Globe - December 30, 2017

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – A total of 2,341 natural disasters in 2017 killed 377 people and displaced around 3.5 million others, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, or BNPB, said on Friday (29/12).

A total of 787 floods and 716 typhoons wreaked havoc across the archipelago this year, along with 614 landslides, according to Sutopo Nugroho, a BNPB spokesman.

"Around 99 percent of the disasters was caused by hydrometeorology," Sutopo said.

Source: http://jakartaglobe.id/environment/natural-disasters-caused-377-deaths-dislocated-3-5m-people-indonesia-2017/

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