Indonesia ' s Problem of Flooding Causes Various Health Problems Mokhamad Fahmi Rizki S Brawijaya University
Flood is a natural phenomenon that is common in many areas that are irrigated by river flow. Flood can be defined as the presence of water in a wide area that cover the surface of the Earth. If we observed, the floods in Indonesia seems have a tendency to increase from year to year. Flood occurred in all over the city in indonesia when the rainy season. It is aggravated by climate change that is happening at the moment. Climate change resulted in an increase in the average temperature of the earth so that an increase in the evaporation temperature of the air, which causes the changing patterns of precipitation and air pressure. If the first flood hit only big cities in Indonesia, especially in Java, at the time of the disaster now floods have plagued various areas across the city in indonesia. The flood caused loss of properties and a variety of health problems. This is caused by a dirty water caused by flooding which contain a varieties of bacterias that can cause various diseases such as malaria, lepstospirosis filariasis and especially diarrhea.