List of natural disasters in Indonesia
Natural disasters in Indonesia can usefully be divided into major disasters, medium level disasters, and lesser disasters which although causing less damage are very common across Indonesia. These can conveniently be considered as macro, mezzo, and micro events. Policies to respond to natural disasters in Indonesia, which are still in an early stage of being developed, need to develop strategies to deal with each of these different types of disasters. The official website of the Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency ("Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana") provides frequent updates on disasters occurring in Indonesia. Macro: Major  natural disasters with widespread loss of life. The following is a list of main natural disasters that have occurred in Indonesia during recent history which have led to major loss of life (broadly defined here as over 500 deaths in the disaster). Mezzo: Medium level natural disasters. In addition to the disasters listed in the table above, there are a large number of natural disasters in Indonesia which cause medium levels of loss of life (here defined, roughly, as between 50 and 500 deaths) or which give rise to large numbers of internally displaced refugees, sometimes for some months or  more. Some recent examples of these include the following. Micro: Lesser natural disasters. There is a large number of smaller natural disasters in Indonesia each year which often lead to deaths of 10 or 20 people or more. For example, landslides ("tanah longsor") are very common in upland areas, especially during the rainy season, and cause much local damage and deaths. Flooding is also a regular problem across many parts of Indonesia. The capital city Jakarta is subject to severe floods from time to time which usually cause some loss of life and significant damage to public and commercial infrastructure . In January 2014, for example, over 20 people lost their lives during widespread flooding and at one stage over 60,000 citizens were temporarily housed in nearly 250 evaluation shelters across the city. In many rural areas, local flooding is very common and brings loss of life as well as much local inconvenience to economic and community life. Recent examples of these sorts of problems at the regional level include: National outlook. 2014 According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB, or "Badan Nasional Penanggulanan Bencana"), as many as 566 people were killed by natural disasters and displaced over 2.6 million  in Indonesia in 2014. Almost all of the disasters were classified as hydro-meteorological events. Tornadoes were the most common natural disaster (496 events) followed by floods (458 events) and landslides (413 events). Landslides caused the most deaths estimated at around 343 people.