#disaster management

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Annual floods hit parts of Indonesia

Typically, January and February are the peak months of the rainy season in Indonesia, which mostly results in flooding ...

Need integrated partnership to manage Jakarta`s flood: governor

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, also known as Jokowi, stated the need for an integrated partnership between the local ...

Mt Sinabung`s eruptions still continue

Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra has remained dangerous as eruptions continued to be recorded at 106 times in the past ...

EU-ASEAN Ties: Supporting, Sharing and Inspiring

The European Union (EU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been working closely to ...

122 Mt Sinabung refugees suffering from acute respiratory infection

A total of 122 Mount Sinabung eruption refugees in the Karo District, North Sumatra, are reportedly ill and still ...

ASEAN, United States launch two five-year flagship programs

ASEAN and the United States have launched two new five-year flagship programs worth a combined US$30 million at the ...

More botanical gardens are needed to reduce carbon emissions

Indonesia only has a few botanical gardens, but they are expected to contribute to a great extent towards conserving ...

Indonesia monitoring Phillipines earthquake impact

The Indonesian government is monitoring the potential impact of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake which shook the ...

Disaster agency to control rainfall end of this year

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) will control the level of rainfall in Jakarta between December and ...

355 killed, 619 injured in Pakistan earthquake

A total of 355 people have been killed and 619 others injured in the 7.7-maganitude earthquake that rocked southwest ...

Officials relocate four villages after eruption of Mount Sinabung

North Sumatra Disaster Management had to relocate residents from four villages to nearby places for safety reasons ...

Magnitude 5.5 quake hits W. Sumatra

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted West Sumatra province at 12.43 pm on Wednesday, according to ...

Three flights delayed due to haze in Pekanbaru

At least three flights from Sultan Syarif Kasim II airport, Pekanbaru city, to Jakarta and Malaka (Malaysia) were ...

Four hotspots left in Riau

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Pekanbaru office said weather monitoring and geothermal ...

14 suspects in Riau land fires arrested

The Riau haze management task force has arrested 14 people suspected of involvement in land fires in five different ...