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By mid-July, Indonesia had already experienced a 167% year-on-year increase in fire hotspots nationwide.

Indonesia’s dry season was already forecast to run longer and drier than average this year, with BMKG projecting its peak across July–September. On top of that, El Niño strengthened through the season and is now sitting at strong intensity.

El Niño dries out land and vegetation, making any fire that starts easier to ignite and harder to contain.

Land condition decides how far it spreads once it starts. Degraded and drained peatland is far more flammable than intact forest, and burns differently; smoldering underground as well as across the surface, which makes it harder to fully extinguish and is why peat fires tend to produce the most persistent haze. Much of this year’s hotspot activity is concentrated in exactly these landscapes: land that has already been cleared or drained at some point, sitting drier than usual heading into an El Niño year.

There’s also a repetition problem; a lot of this year’s fires are happening on land that has burned before. That’s a pattern about geography and land management over time.

Put together: a longer, El Niño-primed dry season set the baseline; already-degraded, often-repeat-burn land excarberates the fire.

The scale of that overlap shows up in the historical comparison: cumulative hotspot counts this year have already accelerated faster than the same period in 2015 and 2019, two of the years Indonesia experienced its largest forest and land fires. Six provinces are currently on alert for forest and land fires: Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and South Kalimantan.

In Bantul, residents reported hillside land fires three separate times to PetaBencana.id in July — in Wukirsari on the 26th, in Selopamioro on the 26th, and in Mutihan, Srimartani on the 22nd — three different locations in the same regency, each burning independently within a three-week span. Further out, fires were reported in Bengkalis (Riau), Seram Bagian Timur (Maluku), Sulawesi Barat, Aceh Barat, and Majalengka. Haze from land fires was reported drifting over Sampit in Central Kalimantan, still lingering days after the fires that caused it.

From inside a community, this is what an elevated fire season looks like from inside a community, well before it becomes a headline event: recurring, spread across islands, and toxic haze affecting health, school, and transport.

What comes next

BMKG’s own forecast puts the actual peak of this year’s dry season in August, not July, with nearly half of Indonesia’s climate zones are expected to hit peak dry conditions next month. July was the lead-up.

A few things worth doing now, before that peak arrives:

• If you’re in a fire-prone area, plan for water access now. Know your nearest water source (a river, well, etc). Clearing dry leaves and brush around your home helps too, and doesn’t depend on water at all.
• If you’re in a haze-affected area, plan for air quality, particularly if anyone in your household has respiratory sensitivities. Masks on hand, especially for kids and older family members, and a plan for what happens if schools do suspend classes.
• Report early. Early reporting can stop the spread of destructive fires. A hotspot caught in its first hour is a very different problem than one caught after it’s crossed into forest.

If you see smoke or fire, report it on PetaBencana,id. Early reports are what let response teams act before a fire spreads.

Floods in East Java and Sulawesi, a major earthquake in Palu, two active volcanoes (Semeru, Dukono, Lewotobi), land fires appearing in Sumatera and Kalimantan, and strong winds in Aceh and Bogor, all in the same 30-day window. These were the reports that came in through PetaBencana.id in June.

Across the month, communities reported flooding in East Java, Aceh, Sulawesi Selatan, Gorontalo, Kalimantan Timur, West Java, and Riau. They also reported land fires in Sumatera Selatan and Kalimantan Utara, and strong winds in Bogor and Aceh Utara; one report noting damage from wind on June 2 that had still not been repaired by the time the report was filed on June 3.

The June 16 earthquake in Palu drew particular attention, not only because of its 6.7 magnitude scale, but because of what it recalled; the 2018 earthquake, tsunami, and liquefaction that struck the same city remains one of the most complex and devastating disasters in Indonesia’s modern history.

At 10:27 on the morning of June 16, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 42 kilometers southeast of Palu, Sulawesi Tengah. Within hours, several reports had been filed to PetaBencana from the affected area. From Kota Palu: ceiling panels collapsed. From Sigi: houses destroyed in Kecamatan Palolo, several completely gone. From Parigi Moutong: road damage along the trans-Palu-Palopo highway. From Palu again: Jembatan Palu III closed to traffic. Taken together, they traced the geography of impact across four administrative areas in the hours after the earthquake; structural damage in the city, road failure in the district, bridge closures at key crossings, and residential destruction in the sub-districts furthest from formal response.  

While communication systems have improved since 2018, and evacuation procedures that were poorly understood in 2018 were more familiar, not all buildings have been built or strengthened to seismic standards. 

This is not a failure of knowledge. The knowledge of how to build in Palu for Palu’s geology has existed for centuries. It just wasn’t the knowledge that got used.

At one of PetaBencana’s regular community gatherings, a youth ambassador from Palu shared that the traditional houses of the Kaili people, the dominant ethnic group of Central Sulawesi, whose settlements have occupied this seismic landscape for generations, were built to withstand the tectonic shifts that are prone to this area. Their foundations do not penetrate the ground. They rest on stone. When the earth moves, the building moves with it rather than against it. The joinery uses rattan ties, not nails or poured concrete. The materials, such as timber, bamboo, are flexible. The entire structural logic is oriented toward yielding, not resisting.

Communities who had lived for generations in one of the most seismically active corridors in the world had, over that time, developed a way of building that understood the ground beneath them.  The transition to concrete construction often happened without carrying forward the structural principles that made traditional buildings resilient; lightness, flexibility, the capacity to move.

PetaBencana’s youth ambassador was not presenting a research paper. She brough this up the way local knowledge usually comes up, in conversation, as context. But it was the kind of knowledge that doesn’t typically appear in post-disaster engineering assessments or reconstruction guidelines.

This is what PetaBencana’s community network is designed to make possible: the elevation of knowledge held by the people who live in these places, who understand them in ways that no risk model fully captures. 

One report submitted to PetaBencana in March stood out:

“Banjir yg tak pernah diketahui publik, pasti daerah ini selalu ke skip.”
“Flooding that the public never knows about—this area always gets skipped.”

It is a short message, written in frustration, but it captures a deeper problem in how disasters are measured and understood. Many floods never appear in official datasets, risk models, or media coverage. They occur in small neighborhoods, on residential streets, or along overlooked drainage corridors. They may not meet the threshold of a “major disaster,” but they still disrupt daily life; flooding homes, blocking roads, and isolating communities.

Traditional flood risk models often rely heavily on rainfall data, river gauges, and historical flood maps. While these tools are essential, they can miss important details about how flooding actually unfolds on the ground. Urban drainage failures, localized river overflows, blocked canals, and changing land use patterns can all produce flooding that is highly localized and difficult to detect through remote sensing or rainfall-based modeling alone.

Community reporting is critical in surfacing these blind spots, identifying the areas most affected.

Mapping Hidden Floods

Throughout March, communities across Indonesia used PetaBencana to report hazards affecting their neighborhoods. Flooding was by far the most frequently reported event, with reports coming from Jakarta, Tangerang, Bogor, Aceh, Lampung, and East Java.

A clear pattern emerged in many of the descriptions: flooding was seldom a result of heavy rainfall, but to river systems and drainage corridors reaching their limits.

While many flood risk assessment focus primarily on rainfall intensity and river levels, climate change is not only increasing rainfall extremes, it is altering how water moves through cities and landscapes.

Urbanization reduces natural absorption through soil and vegetation. Drainage networks designed for historical rainfall patterns are often pushed beyond capacity. Rivers that once overflowed occasionally may now breach their banks more frequently.

The result is a growing number of hyperlocal flood events that occur outside traditional monitoring systems.

Platforms like PetaBencana help capture these shifts by documenting what communities experience in real time. When residents report rising water levels, blocked roads, or overflowing rivers, they are effectively creating a distributed network of observers, adding a critical layer of information that cannot be captured by rainfall sensors or satellite imagery alone.

In several areas, residents reported water remaining for multiple days, with some neighborhoods still inundated long after the initial rainfall had stopped. One report noted flooding that had persisted for three days, while others described water levels reaching waist height in residential areas.

This type of prolonged flooding is rarely captured in conventional flood models, which tend to focus on peak water levels during storm events. Yet for communities, the duration of flooding can be just as significant as its height. Prolonged inundation damages homes, disrupts livelihoods, and increases health risks.

By documenting conditions over time, community reports help reveal how disasters unfold beyond the moment of impact.

The knowledge of how floods unfold in neighborhoods—where water accumulates, which streets flood first, how long water remains—often exists only with the people who live there. Yet this knowledge rarely makes its way into the datasets used for disaster planning, risk modeling, or emergency response.

When this local knowledge becomes part of the data used to understand disasters, decision-making becomes far more grounded in reality.

As climate change reshapes rainfall patterns and urban flood dynamics, this kind of real-time documentation becomes even more valuable. It provides decision-makers, responders, and communities themselves with a clearer picture of where risks are emerging and how they are evolving.

Reading the report description “flooding that the public never knows about — this area always gets skipped,” we are reminded how much knowledge sits inside these short descriptions. When we built PetaBencana.id, this is exactly the kind of gap we were trying to address. Each report carries local memory, and there are thousands of these observations shared via PetaBencana.id. Together they form a growing archive of how disasters are actually experienced on the ground.

If there is one lesson from these “hidden floods,” it’s the people living with risk are often the ones who understand it best.

Bali is currently grappling with widespread flooding and extreme weather after several days of intense rainfall, strong winds, and unstable conditions across the island. Since 22 February 2026, heavy rain has saturated much of Bali — especially in Denpasar and Badung — leading to flooding in at least 26 locations, with water levels ranging from roughly 30 to 80 cm along streets and residential areas. Local disaster and rescue teams have been actively conducting evacuations and emergency responses amid ongoing precipitation.

Across Denpasar city and surrounding regencies, authorities have recorded not only flooded roads and homes but also ancillary impacts such as landslides and fallen trees. In some neighbourhoods, wind damage and riverbank breaches compounded the challenges faced by residents and first-responders.

As the continuous downpour overwhelms parts of Bali’s drainage infrastructure, leading to significant inundations in areas such as Sanur, Renon,Sesetan, and Legian, residents and responders are turning to PetaBencana.id, to view and share live conditions and navigate safely.

During the ongoing Bali floods, PetaBencana.id functions as more than an information website, it operates as a live coordination layer between communities, responders, and decision-makers.

As residents report where flooding is actively occuring, which roads are no longer passable, and which neighborhoods are in need of urgent evacuation, emergency services and first responders have swiftly responded.

This year’s wet season — typically spanning late December through February — has brought higher-than-average rainfall and volatile weather. Meteorological agencies warn that medium to extreme rain could persist through 24–26 February, raising concerns that further flooding remains possible in low-lying areas and along major waterways.

We remind residents to stay informed, stay safe, and share what you see via PetaBencana.id so we can continue to help eachother.

In November 2025, a series of typhoons and cyclones struck cities across Viet Nam, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia. As national governments mobilized response measures, the damage and the death toll, raised urgent questions about preparedness rather than response alone.

For more than a decade, ASEAN has built an elaborate disaster-management architecture, anchored in the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) and reinforced through regular ministerial meetings, coordination mechanisms, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercises.

The events of late 2025 offered a critical moment to assess how these frameworks function in practice. It was in this context that Pusat Studi Asia Tenggara (PSAT) convened a public discussion titled “Rethinking Disaster Management in Southeast Asia.” The conversation focused on a fundamental question: if disaster risks are well known and regional mechanisms are already in place, why do large-scale disasters continue to produce the same outcomes across ASEAN member states?

Environmental activist Puspa Dewy from WALHI situated disasters within a broader political and policy context. Floods, landslides, forest fires, and haze, she argued, are not random natural events but the cumulative outcomes of development choices, particularly deforestation, extractive industries, and large-scale land conversion.

As forests are cleared, peatlands drained, and rivers reshaped to accommodate development, natural hazards are transformed into disasters. The resulting risks and losses are borne disproportionately by communities that derive little benefit from these projects. Framing such events as “natural,” she noted, obscures responsibility and weakens accountability for the decisions that create vulnerability.

From WALHI’s perspective, disaster management cannot be treated as a purely technical or humanitarian issue. It is inseparable from land governance, corporate influence, and the state of democratic space. When communities raise concerns about environmental risk, they are frequently sidelined or intimidated, limiting their ability to participate meaningfully in prevention and oversight. In this context, improving disaster outcomes requires not only better response mechanisms, but stronger policies, enforcement, and protection for civic participation.

From the government’s perspective, Dr. Raditya Jati of BNPB argued that Indonesia already has the core frameworks and long-term roadmaps needed for effective disaster management, but continues to face challenges with implementation due to institutional silos and uneven implementation at the local level. Dr. Jati advocated for a model of sustainable resilience that integrates disaster risk management, climate adaptation, and development planning into a single policy approach, emphasizing that national resilience cannot be achieved without strengthening local capacity, governance, and coordination where hazards directly intersect with communities and infrastructure.

Taking the discussion to the regional level, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi from ERIA reframed disasters as a macroeconomic issue. Southeast Asia, he noted, experiences a disproportionate share of climate-induced disasters, losing an estimated two to three percent of GDP annually as a result. Despite this, governments continue to spend far more on emergency response than on long-term risk reduction. The reason, he suggested, is political economy. Disaster prevention requires long-term investment, while political cycles are short. Prevention rarely produces ribbon-cutting moments or immediate political rewards.

Yet treating disaster resilience as a cost rather than an investment is economically irrational. Without embedding disaster risk reduction into development and financial planning, Southeast Asia’s growth model will remain fragile and self-defeating.

Nashin Mahtani of Yayasan Peta Bencana, argued that ASEAN’s approach to disaster management reflects a deeper hesitation to act collectively. While ASEAN often describes itself as a family, she suggested that resilience is still treated primarily as a national responsibility rather than a shared regional asset.

Mahtani urged ASEAN to reconceptualize resilience as a regional public good, something that gains value when shared, scaled, and jointly maintained. This shift, she argued, should extend beyond emergency response to include preparedness, mitigation, and system-building. Drawing on the work with Yayasan Peta Bencana she pointed to concrete examples where shared infrastructure and interoperable data enabled successful scaling across borders. Yet across ASEAN, she noted, fragmentation remains the norm: countries repeatedly build parallel systems rather than multiplying impact through collaboration, a pattern seen clearly during the COVID-19 pandemic and replicated in disaster management platforms. If ASEAN truly understands itself as a family, she concluded, solidarity cannot begin only when one member is overwhelmed, it must also mean working collectively to ensure fewer members reach that breaking point in the first place.

For PetaBencana, this is not an abstract proposition. The tools, practices, and partnerships needed to treat resilience as a regional public good already exist. Community-generated data, open infrastructure, and interoperable systems have proven their value not only in accelerating response, but in strengthening trust between institutions and the people they serve. The question facing ASEAN is no longer whether collaboration is possible, but whether it is willing to scale what already works.

As disasters grow in frequency and complexity, no single country can manage risk in isolation. Resilience that is built collectively is stronger, faster, and more equitable than resilience built alone. If ASEAN is serious about responding “as one,” that commitment must extend beyond emergency moments to the quieter, harder work of preparedness, shared systems, and mutual trust.

The PSAT discussion made clear that improving disaster outcomes will require more than faster response or better coordination during emergencies. It demands political choices that prioritize prevention, integrate disaster risk into development planning, and enable meaningful participation from communities most affected by environmental change. At the regional level, it also requires ASEAN to move beyond parallel national efforts toward genuinely shared systems and approaches.

In the final months of 2025, heavy and persistent rainfall affected large parts of Indonesia. Floods and landslides were reported across Sumatra, Java, Bali, Kalimantan, Bengkulu, and other regions, often emerging quickly and spreading across neighborhoods, roads, and river basins. Local governments declared emergency responses, thousands of families were displaced, critical infrastructure was damaged, and communities across multiple provinces were pushed into crisis.

Amid this wave of impacts, PetaBencana.id has been a critical channel for real-time information sharing, community reporting, coordination, and early warning; helping local partners, government agencies, journalists, volunteers, and residents stay informed and make life-saving decisions.

In November, Ajang Syarip from Cisurupan, Garut, West Java, reported flooding to PetaBencana.id as conditions worsened with heavy rainfall. “I was surprised how quickly help arrived after I submitted a report to PetaBencana.id. Heavy equipment from the local fire department (DAMKAR), followed by local government emergency management teams (BPBD) handling evacuation and clean up. Food aid was also distributed soon after.” For Ajang, the speed was striking, a reminder that when local observations are communicated clearly and quickly, response can follow while the situation is still manageable. The speed of this response reinforced the value of having a clear, trusted reporting channel that connects communities directly to responders. In moments when minutes matter, structured community reporting helps translate local observations into concrete action.

Oka Agastya, a member of the Bali disaster coordination group, reported flooding as he passed through flooded areas. “First, with PetaBencana.id, I knew exactly where to report. Shortly after I did, the local government emergency management agency (BPBD) arrived quickly to handle the situation. With response arriving much sooner, losses were mitigated. PetaBencana.id also helps me navigate daily life during the rains. The regular updates on flood locations, helps me decide which routes to avoid and how to move more safely. During a season when conditions change rapidly, that shared awareness matters.”

Ari Bagus Setiawan, a journalist based in Bengkulu, describes relying on PetaBencana to stay updated on disasters across Indonesia while connecting with other reporters and practitioners working on similar issues. As floods and landslides affected multiple provinces at once, the platform helped surface patterns — not just isolated incidents — and supported more informed, contextual reporting at a time when public attention and clarity were crucial. “PetaBencana.id has been a lifeline for me and our community. This isn’t just information, it’s coordination, knowing who else is there and how to respond together. This is so much more than a platform, but a shared space for learning and connection with peers near and far. I hope this space can keep existing and grow, it has completed changed how I experience disasters, and I hope more people can feel the same sense of connection and support when they need it most.”

For others, the recent floods echoed earlier experiences. Abdul Hafidz Teuku, recalls reporting a flood in Jakarta when PetaBencana first launched years ago. The memory resurfaced during this latest monsoon season as new reports appeared and similar dynamics played out: citizens submitting information, authorities responding, and water levels receding more quickly as a result. “The simplicity and aaccessibility of reporting, has always been key, especially during stressful moments when people need tools that work without friction. After submitting my report to PetaBencana.id, it was quickly acted on by the government. PetaBencana.id really helps us report easily and response come quickly.

With heavy rainfall expected to continue into the early months of the year, the risk of flooding and landslides remains high in many parts of Indonesia. As conditions continue to shift, staying informed — and sharing information responsibly — remains essential. If you encounter flooding, landslides, or other hazards, report them through PetaBencana.id, follow guidance from local authorities, and prioritize your safety and the safety of those around you. In times of uncertainty, collective awareness and timely reporting can help communities respond faster and reduce risk together.

Between 25–27 November 2025, a devastating wave of floods and landslides swept across large parts of Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. On 26 November 2025, Cyclone Senyar — a rare tropical storm forming over the Strait of Malacca — made landfall and triggered extreme rainfall across northern and western Sumatra.

Roads washed out, bridges destroyed, and rivers overflowing made access nearly impossible in many areas. But in the face of overwhelmed infrastructure, residents turned to PetaBencana.id, reporting flooded roads, blocked bridges, and unsafe zones in real time. These community-powered reports have allowed neighbors and responders to prioritize evacuations and relief efforts, showing the critical role of local knowledge in cascading disasters.

Why This Flood Happened — It Wasn’t Just Rain

• A Rare Cyclone Triggered Torrential Rain

Meteorologists have identified Cyclone Senyar — a rare tropical storm forming close to the equator — as the main trigger of this week’s extreme rainfall. Cyclones seldom hit near-equatorial Sumatra because the Earth’s rotation (Coriolis effect) is usually too weak to generate storm spin. But unusually warm ocean waters in the nearby straits, combined with shifting wind and moisture patterns as a result of global climate change, created the rare conditions that allowed Senyar to form.

• Fires Fuel Floods

In July 2025, many of the same districts that flooded this week had been hit by a severe wave of forest and land fires across Sumatra. Data shows a near-tenfold increase in fires in these areas compared to the same period last year.

These fires were not isolated incidents—they were part of a long pattern of land-use change driven by plantation expansion and global commodity supply chains, which continue to push ecosystems past their thresholds.

When land burns, the impact is not only the immediate loss of vegetation. Fire alters the soil itself, baking it into a hydrophobic layer that repels water instead of absorbing it. What would normally soak slowly into the ground now becomes fast-moving runoff. Burned vegetation also collapses into ash and loose debris, which gets washed into rivers during the first major storms. This debris creates blockages that choke waterways, block drains, and redirect flows into homes and streets.

Weeks and months later—long after the smoke has disappeared—the consequences of those fires re-emerge as heightened flood risk. What happened in July directly shaped the disaster unfolding now in November: the same communities that breathed the fires are the ones now drowning in the floods.

Community Intelligence becomes lifesaving infrastructure

In this unfolding emergency, PetaBencana has played a crucial role. Because formal infrastructure and response capacity have been overwhelmed — many roads are blocked, communication is down, and remote villages are cut off — community‑driven reports become vital.

• Residents on the ground have been using PetaBencana to report flooded roads, blocked bridges, landslides, and unsafe zones in real time.
• These reports help local responders and neighbours to prioritise evacuations, identify dangerous zones, and coordinate relief — especially where official alerts or early warnings were delayed or didn’t reach remote areas.
• In a complex, multi‑hazard disaster like this — where floods, landslides, infrastructure collapse, and extreme weather intersect — community intelligence becomes lifesaving infrastructure.

We are thrilled to share that Director of Disaster Map Foundation (Yayasan Peta Bencana) is the recipient of the prestigious “Rising Star in Disaster Risk Reduction” award from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

According to UNDRR:

“Nashin Mahtani has transformed how disaster information is created and shared across the Global South through innovation. Mahtani’s work exemplifies how inclusive technologies can challenge extractive systems and reimagine disaster resilience as a shared civic practice, not just a technical outcome. She has reimagined DRR as a collective, community-led process, bridging cutting-edge technology with deep cultural practices of mutual aid. Under her leadership, a project that began as a pilot flood map for a few thousand users in Jakarta has scaled into one of the largest open-source platforms for DRR in Southeast Asia. Her work has shifted disaster risk reduction from top-down alerts to participatory risk governance, enabling residents to co-create verified, real-time risk information for first responders, government agencies, and their communities.” — United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

We are grateful for the recognition, and as Mahtani iterated: “This recognition is shared with the frontline communities who show up for eachother when it matters most, proving that when power is distributed, lives are saved.”

On September 10, 2025 Bali experienced one of its worst flooding events in history, triggering the provincial government and the National Emergency Management Agency to declare a state of emergency. Severe flooding across Denpasar, Kuta, and surrounding districts, inundated homes and major roads, and forced evacuations.

Within 24 hours, over 130,000 people used PetaBencana.id to view and share real-time flood updates, as the platform turned into a vital lifeline for residents, volunteers and authorities to coordinate safe navigation and to prioritize evacuation.

Residents in Perumahan Kalista and Kampung Jawa posted urgent updates on rising water levels along the Ayung and Tukad Badung rivers. These reports enabled first responders to direct evacuation teams to the riverside settlements before floodwaters became impassable.

Motorists shared images of flooded stretches of Jl. Sunset Road and Jl. Kayu Aya. PetaBencana’s live map allowed residents to avoid gridlocked intersections and reroute around submerged sections of the road.

In Kesiman Kertalangu, residents reported that 18 homes in Perumahan Pesona Kartika Tohpati were fully inundated. These crowd-sourced reports were used by volunteers to organize sandbagging and to assist families in relocating to higher ground.

Updates about the overflow of Sungai Taman Pancing guided responders in deploying boats and assisting families trapped along Jl. Taman Pancing Barat–Timur.

Emergency services confirmed that PetaBencana data was used alongside official coordination channels to deploy rescue teams and manage traffic flow. For many residents, the platform became a critical navigation tool that reflected rapidly changing conditions.

The intensity of the flood cannot be explained by rainfall alone. In urban centers such as Denpasar and Kuta, rapid development has left drainage systems unable to absorb sudden runoff, while climate scientists warn that extreme rainfall events like this are becoming increasingly frequent across Indonesia.

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In many of these areas, residents reported water levels reaching up to an adult’s chest or head height, leaving entire housing complexes inundated and dozens of roads impassable. BMKG (Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency) has warned of continued heavy rainfall across Bali in the coming days. Communities are urged to remain alert, monitor official advisories, and make use of PetaBencana.id to share and access real-time information on flooding.

“Today’s events underscore how quickly conditions can change,” said Nashin Mahtani, Director of Yayasan Peta Bencana (Disaster Map Foundation). “We encourage everyone to use the platform to report flooding in their neighborhoods and to check the map before traveling, so that together we can keep each other safe. Each report is an act of solidarity, together they give us the power to protect our families and to support one another.”

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