a few buildings, including a mosque, visible after an avalanche of mud and rock cascaded down a nearby hillside.

Nearly 9,500 people have been displaced by the extreme weather, and hundreds of houses, government buildings, schools and bridges have been damaged, the disaster mitigation agency said Monday.

Authorities say floodwaters are receding but a state of emergency will remain in place until 6 February, while rescuers look for those still missing and help repair damaged infrastructure.

Landslides and floods are common in Indonesia, especially during the monsoon season between October and April, when rains lash the vast Southeast Asian archipelago.trucks avoid toll roads which are made for them and instead find alternative routes, this increases traffic issues and road wear and tear because the alternative routes were not necessarily made to handle such a heavy load.

Toll Roads—A Monopoly

Sanctioned and protected by the state but built with private money or even a public private partnership or PPP, a toll road pushes out realistic alternatives for moving people and goods. Highway users (or customers) have little influence on management and pricing of the toll road. Due to funding issues, improvements to non-toll alternatives are viewed as competing with the toll road and likely ignored. Instead, these non-toll roads have more congestion, under posted speed limits, more traffic accidents and many times, traffic enforcement that is questionable.

Invasion of Privacy

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