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Four victims of sunken boat in Ambon remain missing

Efforts to find the rest of the victims of boat "Inarissa" that capsized in Pompo island waters in Central Maluku on ...

All RI regions bracing for rain-related disasters : Minister

All of Indonesia`s regions have prepared themselves to deal with natural disasters that may happen during the rainy ...

WFP facilitates emergency response simulation

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has facilitated an Emergency Response Simulation exercise with the ...

Govt anticipating cyclical flooding in Jakarta

Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri said his ministry was preparing itself to carry out its duties such as ...

news focus: Jakarta bracing for potential major floods

Jakarta is bracing for the possibility of floods happening in early 2012 on the same scale as the 2002 and 2007 ...

RI`s journalists join training on natural disaster reporting

Indonesian journalists will be provided with training on natural disaster reporting through a joint ...

New seismograph installed on mount Lewotobi

A seismograph near the top of Mount Lewotobi was damaged in a recent forest fire but has now been replaced, a local ...

Mt Lokon`s danger zone still radius of 2.5 kilometers

North Sulawesi`s Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) has announced that the danger zone around Mount Lokon still ...

Mount Merapi`s status in W Sumatra lowered to "alert"

The status of Mount Merapi in Tanah Datar district, West Sumatra, has been Lowered to "alert" although it erupted ...

Fire destroys 62 houses, 40 tons of rice in Banten

A fire that broke out in Cigemblong and Mugijaya villages, Banten, last Monday (August 2) destroyed at least 62 houses ...

Mt Lokon eruptions force schools to suspend classes

Mount Lokon eruptions have forced three elementary schools at Kinilow, Kinilow 1 and Kakaskasen 1, Tomohon, North ...

Mt Lokon erupts twice on Monday

The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that Mount Lokon in North Sulawesi erupted twice on Monday, ...

News Focus: Mt Lokon eruption forces mass evacuation

A major eruption of Mount Lokon in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, on Thursday evening (July 14) has struck local villagers ...

Tomohon residents need masks following Mt Lokon eruption

Residents of Tomohon and part of Minahasa District badly need masks to protect them from volcanic ash from the Mount ...

Number of Mt Lokon refugees increases to 4,446

The number of refugees from the eruption of Mount Lokon increased to 4,446 on Friday, following a major eruption on ...