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Jokowi Attributes Kalimantan flooding to Rainwater Catchment Damage

Over the last three weeks, flash floods had hit Sintang District, West Kalimantan Province, as Kapuas River had overflowed its banks. Jokowi noted that Kapuas River in West Kalimantan was overflowing owing to the damaged rainwater catchment areas, for which the government would focus on conducting repairs.

Apart from damage in the catchment areas, another factor causing flooding was extreme rainfall over Kalimantan or Borneo Island. Some parts of Kalimantan Island, home to the country's tropical rainforests, had experienced major flooding over the last few years, especially in the South, West, and East Kalimantan provinces.