OLEH:
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KATA PENGANTAR
Puji Syukur Kehadirat Tuhan Yang Maha Esa atas segala Limpahan
Tentang Banjir.
Alam Tentang Banjir ini masih jauh dari kesempurnaan, untuk itu saran dan kritik
Penulis
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1. Bahasa Indonesia
BAB I
PENDAHULUAN
A. Latar Belakang
pada kemampuan untuk mencegah atau menghindari bencana dan daya tahan
aktivitas alam yang berbahaya tidak akan menjadi bencana alam di daerah
juga tinggi tidak akan memberi dampak yang hebat/luas jika manusia yang
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berada disana memiliki ketahanan terhadap bencana (disaster resilience).
tersebut rawan bencana dengan jumlah penduduk yang besar jika diimbangi
B. Permasalahan
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BAB II
PEMBAHASAN
akibat hujan yang turun terus-menerus dan muncul secara tiba-tiba. Banjir
berlangsung dengan sangat cepat hingga tidak dapat diserap lagi. Air yang
berada di kaki Gunung Leuser, Sumatra Utara, terjadi bencana banjir pada 2
November 2003 yang mengakibatkan 151 orang tewas dan 100 orang yang
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terjadi pada 4 Oktober2010 di Wasior, Teluk Wondama, Papua Barat. Banjir
warga, rumah sakit, jembatan dan juga beberapa gereja, serta menyebabkan
158 orang tewas dan 145 orang masih dinyatakan hilang, banjir bandang
Akibatnya ratusan rumah di lima desa hancur dan delapan orang masih
wilayah Kabupaten Garut bagian selatan, Jawa Barat, meluas menjadi tiga
manusia.
2. Banjir bandang merupakan suatu proses aliran air yang deras dan pekat
(sering pula disertai dengan batang-batang kayu) yang berasal dari arah
hulu sungai. Aliran air yang deras ini akibat hujan ekstrim yang deras dan
terus-menerus.
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sebagai akibat terakumulasinya endapan-endapan tanah dan batuan yang
Dampak akibat banjir dan banjir bandang yang melanda berbagai daerah
1. Korban manusia.
4. Terganggunya transportasi.
kolam ikan.
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2. Bahasa Inggris
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
A. Background
and structural losses, even to death. The resulting loss depends on the ability to
prevent or avoid disaster and their endurance. This understanding relates to the
statement: "disaster arises when the threat of danger meets powerlessness". Thus,
dangerous natural activities will not become natural disasters in areas without
Consequently, the use of the term "nature" was also opposed because the event
was not only a danger or disaster without human involvement. The magnitude of
the potential loss also depends on the form of its own dangers, ranging from fires,
which threaten individual buildings, to large meteor collision events that have the
However, in areas that have a high level of danger (hazard) and have a
vulnerability / vulnerability (vulnerability) which is also high will not have a great
impact / broad if the people who are there have a resilience to disaster (disaster
systems and infrastructures to detect, prevent & handle the serious challenges that
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are present. Thus even though the area is prone to disasters with a large
well as analyze the impact of disasters and how natural disaster is managed in
Indonesia.
B. Problem
1. What is the meaning of flash floods and what factors cause flash floods?
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CHAPTER II
DISCUSSION
rain that falls continuously and appears suddenly. Flash floods occur when
the saturation of water in the area takes place so fast that it cannot be
absorbed anymore. Stagnant water then collects in areas with low surface and
flows quickly to lower areas. As a result, all kinds of objects that pass by are
surrounded by water suddenly. Flash floods can cause large losses. The
The Banjir Bandang case that occurred in Indonesia, namely the Pacet
11, 2002 which resulted in 26 deaths and 14 missing, Bahorok River banks,
Bukit Lawang Tourism Park, located at the foot of Mount Leuser , North
people dead and 100 missing, in the Jenebarang River Valley on the slopes of
Mount Bawakaraeng, Goa Regency, the same disaster occurred on March 27,
2004 that killed 32 people and buried 12 houses and 430 hectares of land,
flash floods in Jember, East Java, January 1, 2006 which killed 59 people, the
Wasior flood was a flash flood disaster that occurred on October 4, 2010 in
while damage also affected residents' homes, hospitals, bridges and also
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several churches, and caused 158 deaths and 145 people were still declared
missing, flash floods hit a number of villages in the District Tangse, Pidie
destroyed and eight people are still declared missing. Friday, March 11, 2011,
flash floods that hit the southern Garut Regency, West Java, expanded into
rock and soil (often also accompanied by logs) that originate from the
upstream river. This heavy water flow is due to extreme heavy and
continuous rain.
3. The natural damming process in the upper river area which is on high
accumulation of soil deposits and rock slides from the top of the slope.
Impacts due to floods and flash floods that hit various regions include :
1. Human sacrifice.
2. Lost property.
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3. Damage to people's homes, schools and social buildings, road
4. Transportation disruption.
5. Damaged to the loss of cultivated land such as rice fields, ponds, and fish
ponds.
being hampered.
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