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Residents evacuate to hill for fear of tsunami

Panic-stricken residents in Kolonodale town, North Morowali district, Central Sulawesi province, were evacuated to a ...

SAR asks quake-stricken residents to remain calm

Following an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 on Friday at 07.40 p.m. local time, the situation in Bangai Islands, Banggai ...

Aceh's six-hectare palm oil plantation area ravaged by fire

The local firefighting squad, Thursday, made sustained attempts to extinguish the fire ravaging six hectares of the ...

S. Sumatra to likely face longer drought: Disaster Mitigation Agency

The South Sumatra Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has forecast that this year's drought may last longer than that ...

Terra and Aqua Satellites detect 165 hotspots in Riau, Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua Satellites, on Wednesday morning, detected a total of 187 hotspots on Sumatra Island, including 165 ...

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News Focus -- East Java accelerates flood mitigation efforts

Indonesia is currently transitioning from rainy to the dry season that usually begins in April or May. However, high ...

Mount Anak Krakatau still on standby status

The volcanic activity of Mount Anak Krakatau, located in the Sunda Strait, is still on a standby status and continues ...

Warehouse in Cengkareng catches fire

A warehouse in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, caught fire early Monday but there was no immediate report of casualties or ...

East Java Governor orders authorities to handle flood-affected areas

East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa has instructed all authorities within the provincial government to get ...

Flash flood damages 11 homes in east flores

A flash flood has damaged 11 homes in Kawaliwu, Sina Hading Village, Lewoleda Sub-district, East Flores District, ...

Floods hit 11 sub-districts in Bandung, claims one life

Floods have inundated 11 sub-districts, displaced some 1.8 thousand people, and claimed one life in Bandung District, ...

Joint team has put out 80 percent of peatland fires in Nagan Raya

A joint team of the Indonesian military, police and regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) has put out some 80 ...

Earthquake damages 40 houses in South Solok

A 4.8-magnitude tectonic earthquake hitting Sangir Balai Janggo Sub-district, South Solok District, West Sumatra ...

Thousand of Riau residents suffer respiratory problems due to haze

Thousand of residents in Riau Province have suffered respiratory problems after they were exposed to air pollution ...

Potential forest fires detected in Indonesia`s Riau province: BMKG

The Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected 54 hotspots, indicating potential ...