Increasing awareness of Indonesians living in "disaster supermarket"
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Earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi on Friday (28/9) has claimed more than 1,200 lives. Indonesia will raise the issue of natural disasters at the IMF-WB annual meeting to take place in Nusa Dua, Bali. (ANTARA PHOTO/Muhammad Adimaja) (ANTARA PHOTO/Muhammad Adimaja/)
Natural disasters are a day-to-day occurrence in Indonesia, as some 10 natural disasters occurred daily in January-March 2021, up from nine per day during 2020, of the total of 3,253 natural disasters that took place.
The world's largest archipelagic nation comprising over 17 thousand islands is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped region of converging tectonic plates and several volcanoes.