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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto continues to monitor conditions
natural disaster
which affected a number of areas in Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra.
In response to a question about whether he would implement a national disaster emergency status, he said he would continue to monitor conditions on the ground while continuing to send aid to the affected areas.
“Yes, we will continue to monitor, we will continue to send aid. Later we will assess the condition,” said Prabowo, Friday (28/11).
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Prabowo previously also expressed concern over recent natural disasters.He prayed that their grief and suffering would be eased for the victims affected by the flood.
Prabowo said that so far the government had sent aid via three Hercules C-130 aircraft and one A-400 aircraft.He ensured that aid deliveries would be carried out continuously by adjusting to needs in the field.
The four planes flew to deliver aid this morning.They were flown from Halim Perdana Kusuma Air Base, Jakarta.
Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said data from regional heads was used as the basis for the central government to determine the type of aid sent this morning.
The aid flown consisted of emergency equipment to vital needs for evacuation and rapid recovery.
“So today, as needed, around 150 tents were dispatched, then there were rubber boats because they were very important for evacuation, there were around 64 of them, then generators, electrical aids, then most importantly, around 100 communication tools were also dispatched there so that communication signals could be restarted. Then also ready-to-eat foodstuffs, then a medical team from the TNI, then also from the Ministry of Health,” said Teddy.
Flash floods and landslides hit a number of areas in the three provinces.BNPB recorded that the number of deaths reached 164 people as of Friday (28/11) afternoon.
Head of BNPB Suharyanto said that most of the victims who died came from North Sumatra, namely 116 people, and 42 people were still being searched for.
Then in Aceh, 25 people died due to floods and landslides and 25 people are still missing.Meanwhile in West Sumatra, 23 people died, while 12 people are still being searched for.
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