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6th reactor at Fukushima nuke plant loses cooling functions: TEPOC

- A sixth reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plants has lost its ability to cool the reactor core since the massive ...

Japan disaster death toll likely to pass 1,000: Kyodo

More than 1,000 people probably died in the massive quake and tsunami disaster that devastated large parts of northern ...

The myth surrounding Mt Merapi eruptions

Soaring up to 2,968 meters (9,738 ft) into the sky with its peak ever shrouded by thick whitish mist, Mount Merapi ...

Australia supports Indonesian earthquake experts

A new generation of Indonesian earthquake scientists will be trained through an Australian-funded graduate research ...

Earthquake jolts Bengkulu

An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter Scale shook Bengkulu and its environs, on Tuesday at 2.02 am local time, ...

Strong earthquake shakes Mentawai

An earthquake measuring 5.8 at the Richter scale again hit Mentawai islands, West Sumatra province, on Wednesday at ...

RI enters 2011 cautious over natural disasters

Less than a week into the new year of 2011, floods have been reported happening in several cities in Indonesia ...

RI hit by 644 disasters in 2010 : BNPB

Indonesia was hit by 644 natural disasters in 2010, National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Chief Syamsul Maarif ...

Water, weather-related disasters to increase in Q1 2011

There will be an increase in hydrometeorological disasters in Indonesia, especially in the January-March period, ...