Flooding, building debris, and damaged drainage systems are creating new breeding sites for mosquitoes and flies. Implementing targeted vector surveillance, enhancing emergency drainage systems, and maintaining effective waste management can help.
Heavy floods have submerged houses in Maninjau, West Sumatra Indonesia.
Flooding, building debris, and damaged drainage systems are creating new breeding sites for mosquitoes and flies. Implementing targeted vector surveillance, enhancing emergency drainage systems, and maintaining effective waste management can help.
Frequent flooding and landslides in Sumatra are commonly seen as the results of heavy rainfall. However, viewing them solely as natural events risks obscuring more fundamental issues.
Behind these disasters lie landscape changes caused by deforestation and land conversion, which not only exacerbate the impact of flooding but also increase the risk of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases.
