Get Ready, Cities
Disaster. The word is increasingly familiar in our ears. In fact, more and more people in this country have experienced it first hand. Data and facts show this.
Sahur in the tent of one of the flood disaster refugees in Kawunggading Village, Cibulakan Village, Cugenang District, Cianjur Regency, Friday (24/3/2023).
In this land of only two seasons, disaster comes and goes. Type in the word disaster in a search bar, and more than 40 million results appear in a split second, ranging from definitions, cases, locations, to the institutions dealing with it.
Every year, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) releases data on disaster occurrences along with their scope and impact. Millions of human lives have been affected, as well as productive land, public infrastructure and settlements. It is incalculable how much money the losses have caused.