List of natural disasters in Indonesia

An estimated 60,000 more people died in other countries surrounding the Indian Ocean, especially in Sri Lanka.

[2] In addition to the disasters listed in the table above, there are a large number of natural disasters in Indonesia which cause medium levels of loss of life (here defined, roughly, as between 50 and 500 deaths) or which give rise to large numbers of internally displaced refugees, sometimes for some months or more.

It is often the case in Indonesia that people are reluctant to move away from their homes, or stay away long, because of worries about loss of property through theft and because of the need to look after local farms and cattle.

There is a large number of smaller natural disasters in Indonesia each year which often lead to deaths of 10 or 20 people or more.

For example, landslides (tanah longsor) are very common in upland areas, especially during the rainy season, and cause much local damage and deaths.

In January 2014, for example, over 20 people lost their lives during widespread flooding and at one stage over 60,000 citizens were temporarily housed in nearly 250 evaluation shelters across the city.

Recent examples of these sorts of problems at the regional level include: 2014 According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB, or Badan Nasional Penanggulanan Bencana), as many as 566 people were killed by natural disasters and displaced over 2.6 million in Indonesia in 2014.