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News about flood gains a lot of attention. Happened on the last week of June, the intensity on number of victims has made mass media reported widely. On July 25th 2007, Kompas reported torrential rain in some parts of Kalimantan, Sumatera, and Sulawesi has caused flood and landslide Flood in Bungku Utara sub distict, Morowali, Central Sulawesi has collapsed 2 bridges, isolating 4 villages and forced thousand of people flee from their houses.The number of victims keeps increasing. The Jakarta Post July 24th 2007 reported 32 death and 5000 people displaced on this particular flood. Bakornas PB have sent aid consist od 4 units of rubber boat, 6 units of satellite phone, and 4 units of command tent. Social Department have sent 3000 sarong to disaster area. Difficult location has lead to a lack of medical officials in Flood Post. Aid distribution was also facing difficulties. The number of death toll has reached 70 people as July 26th 2007. Not only in Morowali, had flood also happened in Tapanuli Selatan sub district, killed 3 people. Flood in Agam and Pasaman Barat, West Sumatera has caused 150 people flee from their houses. Another floods happened in Poso – Central Sulawesi, Jorong sub district – South Kalimantan, City of Tolitoli - Central Sulawesi. Meanwhile, 1000 flood victims on Aceh tamiang sub district, NAD on late 2006, were still living in evacuation tent.
Increased activity of Gamhonara Mountain was seen. As of Tuesday (10/7) 15 low explosions recorded. Up to 844 people from 8 villages in mountain hill has been evacuated. Up to Saturday (14/7) all evacuee remained in the evacuation zone even though the mountain activity has seen to be decrease mean while, 5.8 RS earthquake shakes Aceh Singkil Tuesday (24/7) night. Frightened people run out of their houses. Earthquake was also happened in Ternate Sea, on 6.6 RS.
Avian Influenza appears again. AZ, six year old boy from Cilegon, died infected by AI. Other disease, Chikunguya, attack Cilegon. Twenty Eight 28 citizen of Sumampir Timur village, Purwakarta affected. Five families in Ceger Kaum village, Cikarang Timur, were also affected by Chikunguya. In Jambi, 24 citizens on Mendalolaut village were positively infected by Chikunguya. Mean while, people in West Java are asked to be alert of TBC, because in 2005 this disease has hilled 429 orang, with 44.000 new patients every year. Muntaber attacked Tangerang regency, Banten, on northern side. Up to Friday (13/7), three victims have died before they even arrived in the Tangerang hospital. From Central Sulawesi, 16 out of 60 diarrhea patients died within the last month.
Water deficit is still an issue in the capital. Report shows that water supply deficit in the capital has reach 36 million meter cubic per year from total number of water demand of 400 million meter cubic Still in Java island, 13 sub districts in Magelang regency are in drought prone during the dry season. A total of 109 villages in 12 sub districts in Brebes regency were also in drought prone.
Mangrove forest in southern coast of Jakarta has decreased time after time. Whereas planting and rehabilitation mangrove are believed to be useful for saving coastal area from the effect of global warming.
International news, England was busy with the flood, which stated as the worst since last 60 years. In China, 69 mine worker in Henan Province trapped on flood, Sunday (29/7). More than 66,.3 million people in China has been affected by flood and landslide happened in the last 2 weeks. Hot wave in Hongaria has killed 500 people. One Indonesian was injured on big earthquake on Nigata, Japan. Two earthquakes were happened on Taiwan, Monday (23/7), each in 4.1 and 6 RS. Dengue has killed 35 people in Vietnam during the first semester of this year..
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Ringkasan saja
Fourty participants, coming from various organization (kelurahan staff, Satpol PP, Linmas, Kelruahan Board, Karang Taruna, PKK, and RT RW representative) join the workshop.
Finishing all the agenda, participants proposed several actions as follow up:
