Jakarta, June 4 -- As soon as the rainy season arrives, landslides become a threat to millions of Indonesians living on hillsides, foothills, and riversides.

In the last five years, landslides have claimed more than one thousand lives. A majority of them occurred without early warning.

This worrying statistic has prompted the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to begin designing a nationwide landslide early warning system that can cover all vulnerable areas. The system is expected to save more lives and lower losses.

As per BNPB records, in the last five years, the highest number of fatalities and missing persons were reported during landslides. From 2020 to 2024, the total death count due to landslides reached nearly 1,500.

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