Natural Disasters and Our Systemic Vulnerability

We should seriously make preparations to face disasters because this resource-rich country is at the same time very vulnerable to all kinds of calamities of moderate to mega magnitudes, such as the tsunami in 2004.

Natural and non-natural disasters have befallen us. Heavy rains due to the category-2 Seroja cyclone hitting East Nusa Tenggara have caused landslides, flash floods and also cold lava to devastate several regencies, claiming hundreds of lives and destroying buildings, including bridges and ports.

In itself, the Seroja cyclone has brought about multiple disasters. In its broader context, the cyclone has increased the number of disasters occurring at the same in Indonesia, along with the Covid-19 pandemic that has not yet been fully controlled.