Large floods accompanied by landslides hit Bengkulu Province. Bengkulu Province BPBD recorded 15 people died, 5 people were missing, 4 people were injured with 2 of them seriously injured.
12,000 people were displaced and 13,000 were affected by the disaster. Floods also caused 184 houses to be severely damaged. The 40 infrastructure points including roads, bridges, culverts were damaged and were impassable.
In the midst of grief, the SR 5.3 earthquake occurred. Disaster response status is alerted.

(update: Monday, April 29 2019)

Almost all cities and regencies that enter the Bengkulu Province are flooded since Friday (26) night. Floods come from overflowing rivers and creeks that flow towards the estuary in the Indian Ocean, west of Bengkulu Province.

The worst flood conditions hit Bengkulu City, North Bengkulu Regency, Bengkulu Tengah Regency, Benteng Regency, and Kepahiang Regency.

Not only floods, some areas in Bengkulu were also affected by landslides. Recorded several road points buried by landslides and impassable.

Floods and landslides have caused a number of transportation routes to be cut off, both between districts and between provinces, which connect Bengkulu with South Sumatra and Bengkulu and Lampung.