The 2010 West Papua floods occurred on 6 October 2010 in the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua. The

floods A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrolog ...

, which have centered on the town of

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in West Papua, resulted from heavy rains resulted in a river overflowing its banks, causing landslides. At least 145 people have reported to have been killed in the floods, as of October 12, 2010. Indonesian President

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to by his initials SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party ...

visited the area on October 12, 2010. Many survivors have been evacuated to the city of

Manokwari Manokwari is a coastal town and the capital of the Indonesian province of West Papua. It is one of only seven provincial capitals of Indonesia without a city status. It is also the administrative seat of Manokwari Regency. However, under pro ...

. Large amounts of aid had been mistakenly sent to the town of Wasior in the aftermath of the flooding, despite the mass relocation of the relocation of its residents to Manokwari. Officials and NGOs blamed miscommunications for the mistake. As of December 2010, there were plans to relocate 5,100, or around 7,900 people, to temporary settlements as part of a relocation program for people affected by the floods.Wasior victims to receive makeshift houses'
''The Jakarta Post'', 3 December 2010. The government of Indonesia has blamed heavy rains for the severe flooding, rather than illegal logging and deforestation by locals.

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Floods in Indonesia West Papua Floods, 2010 West Papua Floods, 2010 October 2010 events in Asia West Papua (province) {{Indonesia-hist-stub