Heavy rainfall has been affecting eastern Indonesia, in particular the Lesser Sunda Islands, and the Sulawesi Island since 1 February, causing floods and flash floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
The ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) reports, as of 4 February, three fatalities, five missing persons, approximately 100 displaced and a total of more than 125 affected people in the Bima regency, West Nusa Tenggara province.
In addition, ADINet reports 12 damaged houses and three damaged bridges across the same area. The same source also reports over 100 displaced people, around 3,160 affected people, and 874 damaged houses across the Luwu Utara regency, South Sulawesi province.
Over the next 72 hours, moderate rainfall is still forecast over most of the Lesser Sunda Islands, and most of the Sulawesi Island.