NTT Consolidates Flores Earthquake Damage Data for Three-Year Recovery Plan

Labuan Bajo — The East Nusa Tenggara provincial government is consolidating sectoral and geographic data on damage and losses from the August Flores earthquake to support a three-year rehabilitation and reconstruction plan for seven affected districts, according to provincial planners and local media.

The plan, known as the post-disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Plan (R3P), will guide recovery efforts in West Manggarai, Manggarai, East Manggarai, Ngada, Nagekeo, Ende and Sikka. Officials say the data consolidation is a critical foundation for the post-disaster needs assessment, or Jitupasna, which will determine recovery priorities and budget needs.

Media Indonesia reported that the provincial government has extended the emergency response period until 26 September 2026 and is targeting completion of the R3P by mid-November, in line with a 90-day planning window following the declaration of emergency status. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) is supporting local governments in preparing both the Jitupasna and the R3P in parallel with verification of housing damage.

Unified dataset for seven districts

The consolidation effort is led by the Regional Development, Research and Innovation Planning Agency (Bapperida) of East Nusa Tenggara in collaboration with the provincial disaster management agency (BPBD) and the Australia–Indonesia SIAP SIAGA partnership program. A coordination meeting in early September in Kupang focused on collecting, cleaning and merging sectoral and territorial damage data into a geospatial database based on geographic coordinates.

According to Media Indonesia, the unified dataset is intended to cover damage to housing, infrastructure, social facilities and economic assets across the seven districts over the three-year recovery horizon. BNPB data cited in local coverage indicate that more than 100,000 homes across the affected areas were initially recorded as damaged, with over half already undergoing verification and validation.

Yohanes Paut, head of infrastructure and territorial affairs at Bapperida NTT, said the reliability of the consolidated data is a prerequisite for accessing funding from the national budget and international development partners, given the limited fiscal capacity of the provincial government. He noted that accurate figures are needed to ensure that recovery resources are allocated to areas that suffered the most severe impacts.

Verification and mapping tools

The verification process uses a combination of geospatial information systems (GIS), drone-based aerial surveys and coordinate-based data entry to reduce distortions between field reports and actual conditions on the ground, according to Bapperida and SIAP SIAGA. These tools allow officials to cross-check the location of damaged public facilities and housing against administrative boundaries and satellite imagery.

SIAP SIAGA NTT area manager Silvia Fanggidae said in the RRI report that integrating ground and aerial spatial technology is intended to provide Jitupasna teams and R3P drafters with an accurate and targeted database. She emphasized that robust data will help planners identify priority areas and design recovery programs that match the scale and type of damage recorded.

BNPB stated that verification and validation of housing damage are being carried out in parallel with the drafting of Jitupasna and R3P so that recovery needs can be mapped against validated data rather than preliminary estimates. The national agency has also released updated figures on verified housing damage as the process advances, underscoring that initial tallies are subject to change as field checks continue.

Provincial planners say the resulting R3P is expected to cover housing reconstruction, repair of public facilities such as schools and health centers, restoration of basic services and support for local economies, under a framework that aims to rebuild to higher standards than before the disaster.

Sources

• Media Indonesia – Pemprov NTT Konsolidasi Satu Data Dampak Gempa Flores untuk R3P
• RRI – NTT Dorong Integrasi Data dan Teknologi Udara, Percepat Pemulihan Pascagempa
• Metro TV News – Pascagempa Magnitudo 7,7 Flores, 51.591 Rumah Telah Diverifikasi
• Government of Indonesia Cabinet Secretariat – President Prabowo Subianto Reviews Flores Earthquake Recovery as Essential Services Resume