Disaster mitigation to include climate change

Muddy aftermath: Villagers surveying the damage to their homes after a flash flood in Waiwerang village, East Flores, earlier this month. — AFP

The government will include climate crisis adaptation in every effort to mitigate disasters across the country as the archipelago is projected to see an increase in the number of climate-related natural disasters in the coming years.

National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) prevention division deputy head Lilik Kurniawan said authorities were looking more into the effect of the climate crisis on natural disasters, especially following a series of disasters in East Nusa Tenggara presumably caused by tropical cyclone Seroja.