Indonesia, Landslide in Banjarnegara

On 6th of December 2014 Continuous rain has made the soil saturated and triggered landslide in Wanayasa sub-district, Banjarnegara, Province of Central Java. This landslide is then followed by more massive landslide in the neighboring sub-district, Karangkobar on the 12th of December 2014 that results in more casualties. A total of 17 hectares area was covered by this landslide. IMPACT Based on the latest information from BNPB on 15 Dec 2014, - 815 people displaced at 10 evacuation centres (592 from karangkobar subdistrict, 223 from wanayasa subdistrict) - 51 death - 57 missing - 15 injured - 444 people were isolated due to the damaged main road - Roads from Banjarnegara to Pekalongan still blocked - 8 hectares rice field damaged - 5 hectares agricultural field damaged RESPONSE - The local authority and communities clearing out the debris and trying to make temporary access to the isolated area - Evacuation centre and command post have been set up to assist the victims - 2000 personnel coming from different stakeholders still performing search and rescue operation - Indonesian Red Cross society also work along with the government responded to this situation - Several NGO‘ as part of Humanitarian Forum Indonesia (HFI) such as: PKPU, Yakkum emergency unit, dompet dhuafa, MDMC, and KARINA-KAS also responded to this situation -