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People told to avoid coastal areas, not panic

Head of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Dwikorita Karnawati has called on people not to panic ...

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Tackling forest fires in 5 Indonesian provinces

Several children attending the Islam Akramunnas Kindergarten in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, had no option but to wear ...

Banten earthquake caused by subduction of Indo-Australian plate

The 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit Banten was due to the subduction of the Indo-Australian plate under the Eurasian ...

BMKG confirms 85 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island

The Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected 85 hotspots, indicating potential ...

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Nearly 50 million Indonesians threatened by extreme drought

An El Niño-induced severe dry spell has cast a pall over 100 districts and cities in Indonesia’s provinces ...

Five provinces declare emergency status for land and forest fires

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture announced that five provinces in the country have declared ...

Smog lowers visibility in Pekanbaru

Haze from forest and land fires blanketing Pekanbaru City, Riau Province, since Tuesday morning, has reduced ...

53 hotspots detected in Riau Province

The Terra and Aqua satellites have detected 53 hotspots indicating forest fires in Riau Province Saturday afternoon, a ...

Agency urges people to not panic over massive earthquake issue

Geophysics Deputy of Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Muhammad Sadly pointed to Java's ...

Ministry handles forest fires with a hotspot approach

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry was working on a system to prevent forest and land fires with a hotspot ...

Huge fire ravages forest area of Kota Batu's Mt Panderman

A huge wildfire ravaged forest area on the slope of Mount Panderman in Kota Batu, East Java, on Sunday evening but the ...

Seram Island hit by magnitude-5.0 quake

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 rattled the western part of Seram Island in Maluku Province on Saturday morning, ...

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Indonesia pays serious attention to forest fires handling

Indonesia is bracing for devastating and more frequent forest fires, following the recurrence of bush and forest ...

11 provinces should declare alert status for forest fire: Ministry

The Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs has appealed to 11 provincial administrations ...

Six die in South Halmahera earthquake: BNPB

Six people died following the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted South Halmahera District in North Maluku on Sunday ...