Indonesia’s disaster agency accelerates recovery from four crises, from Sumatra floods to Anak Krakatau

Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency is concentrating on speeding recovery across four emergencies: the Nusa Tenggara earthquake, the Anak Krakatau eruption, forest and land fires, and flash floods in Sumatra. BNPB chief Lt. Gen. Suharyanto said the agency had sent an advance team to monitor Anak Krakatau directly.

No deaths had been reported from the eruption. None of the affected district or provincial governments had declared an emergency status, Suharyanto said, but the absence of such a declaration had not stopped aid deliveries. BNPB was communicating continuously with the head of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency and receiving direct guidance from the president.

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We also continue communicating minute by minute with the head of BMKG, while receiving direct guidance from the president.

The agency prepared a hybrid weather-modification operation to help disperse volcanic ash. When clouds are available, officials stimulate rainfall. When clouds are absent, they spray water mist to break up and bind ash particles and hazardous pollutants. Suharyanto said the operation, running from Tuesday through the night, was expected to accelerate the ash’s removal.

The Geological Agency also said its latest morphological assessment found that Anak Krakatau was not currently at risk of collapsing on a scale capable of triggering a tsunami like the 2018 event.

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It is hoped that the weather-modification operation carried out from today until tonight can help accelerate the dispersal of volcanic ash.

For the Nusa Tenggara earthquake, BNPB was verifying damage reports. Preliminary data counted 98,986 damaged homes at varying levels. The agency planned stimulus payments of 15 million rupiah for lightly damaged homes and 30 million rupiah for moderately damaged homes. Severely damaged homes would receive temporary accommodation or housing-waiting funds before replacement type-36 homes were built. BNPB also set up emergency tents as temporary schools so children could continue attending classes.

Forest and land fires remained a major challenge. By Sept. 6, fires had affected 72,009.10 hectares across six priority provinces, with 939.45 hectares still unextinguished. Suharyanto cited difficult terrain, access, weather and water availability as the main obstacles. Fires in peatlands can persist below the surface, requiring further cooling and monitoring. The supplied article ends while describing the need for water-bombing support in areas that are difficult to reach by land.

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The main obstacles are the nature of the terrain, access, weather and the availability of water sources.