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Floods hit four districts in N. Sumatra

Floods have hit four districts in North Sumatra, killing two people and one person is missing, said a spokesman of the ...

Floods isolate 1,500 families in Agam

Floods hit the Nagari Tiku Lima Jorong village, Agam district, West Sumatra province on Sunday and caused at least ...

Indonesia did not have major natural disasters in 2012

Indonesia, a country which is prone to natural disasters - floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, droughts, tsunamis ...

Rainy season sees parts of Indonesia hit by floods, landslides

The rainy season has only begun in Indonesia, which has only two seasons, rainy (November to March) and dry (June to ...

Indonesia-Australia use computer program to lessen impact of disasters

Indonesia and Australia, working with the World Bank - Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, has ...

New tool to keep Indonesia one step ahead of disaster

To help communities better prepare for floods, earthquakes and tsunamis, a new hazard impact modelling tool, the ...

Mount Lokon erupts three times, says agency

The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that Mount Lokon volcano in Tomohon City, North Sulawesi, ...

Turkey to open new Syria refugee camps for up to 120,000

Turkey will open four new camps to accommodate refugees fleeing violence in Syria by next week, bringing its total ...

Rescue team looks for toddler missing in flash flood

A search and rescue (SAR) team, along with community members from the Ganges village in the South Parigi district, ...

Nine people killed by falling trees in Aceh

The Search and Rescue team of the Regional Disaster Management Agency has been unable to evacuate the remains of nine ...

International disaster research laboratory to be built in Simeulue, Aceh

Three international natural disaster research laboratories are to be built in Simeulue district, Aceh province as the ...

West Aceh suffers Rp1 billion loss due to huge quakes, says official

The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) has said the West Aceh district administration suffered of one billion ...

Aceh residents return to daily activities

Life among Aceh residents and businesses in the city of Banda Aceh has returned to normal following the 8.9 magnitude ...

round-up: huge quake again hits Aceh, no report of death

Only a couple of days after the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) or Aceh province held simultaneous regional head ...

Five people killed in South Kalimantan floods

Five people were killed after a flash flood swept them away following the overflowing of Baharu river here on ...