The commotion of evacuation during the eruption of Mount Merapi in 2010 became a turning point for improving disaster mitigation in Magelang regency, Central Java.

On Friday that the evacuation team arrived in Tokyo on Saturday early morning local time. Furthermore, the evacuation team and the 68 Indonesian citizens are expected to arrive in Jakarta on Sunday.

The government has readied to sending aircraft and also considering sending the Indonesian Navy’s Soeharso Hospital Ship (KRS) to assist in the evacuation the dozens of Indonesians in Yokohama, Japan.

Indonesians outside of Hubei province in China are mired in difficulties. Limited access due to the new coronavirus lockdown has depleted their supplies of goods.

A month after the floods and landslides hit Bogor, West Java and Lebak, Banten, on Jan.1, the conditions of people affected by the calamity have not yet changed.

At least 24 people died as a result of floods and landslides in several parts of Indonesia, while tens of thousands others were displaced. Indonesia is not yet ready to face extreme rains.

Almost 3,000 people in Wamena, Jayawijaya regency, Papua, have joined an exodus to Jayapura, following widespread riots on 23 September.