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With the Mountain Gone, Everything Perishes

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Saiful Rijal Yunus
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A man salvages his belongings on 22 June 2019 from the ruins from his house, which was destroyed by a flash flood in Topowatu village of Asera district, North Konawe regency, Southeast Sulawesi. Muddy floodwaters – believed to have been caused by damage to upstream watershed areas due to large-scale mining activities and plantations – swept away 80 houses in Topowatu and hundreds more in other villages in the regency, and also affected the regencies of Konawe, South Konawe and East Kolaka.

Like a wall of water, a flash flood in late June wiped everything in its path in North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi. Local village elderlies used to say, “If the mountain is gone, the water will have no place to live.” This turned out to be true, as the flash flood dragged away everything.

The sun was not yet high when Kokoh, 64, was drenched with sweat after lifting his belongings in Puuwanggudu village, Asera district. Chairs, a cupboard and a mattress were put neatly side-by-side on the front yard. All of them had been washed clean. A wrecked television, fridge and washing machine had also been cleaned.

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