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Gone with the Flood

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

An ITB researcher estimates that more than 100 coastal regencies and municipalities could disappear under the sea flood. Climate Central predicts 23 million residents in coastal regions of Indonesia would be affected by tidal flood due to rising sea level by 2050.

A man gathers the remnants of his house after it was destroyed by a tidal flood in Sriwulan village, Demak, Central Java, January 2018./ ANTARA/Aji Styawan. tempo : 174232892792.

HAVING researched the potential sea flood threatening Pontianak City, West Kalimantan, Heri Andreas is concerned because only few in the society are aware of it. Heri, a member of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) Geodesy Team, made a model of the tidal flood which has been inundating parts of the city for the last 10 years. “Because it happens near the year’s end, it appears like a common natural phenomenon. Also, the water i

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