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Pekanbaru mayor orders evacuation of infants due to haze

Mayor of Pekanbaru Firdaus has issued an order to evacuate infants under six months of age in 12 sub-districts badly ...

No more hotspots, haze in Riau: Meteorology station

The Pekanbaru Meteorology Station has reported that Riau is clear from haze, as rainfall over the past few days doused ...

Riau calls for private companies to help fight wildfires

It certainly is no easy task to break the vicious cycle of annual forest, peat land and plantation fires, which have ...

Russia-made helicopter deployed to extinguish Riau wildfires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has rented a Russian-made Sikorsky helicopter to strengthen its efforts ...

Riau firefighters extinguish 60 wildfires during January-July period

During the January-July 2015 period, Riaus firefighters have put out 60 fires that have razed forest, peatland, and ...

Riau authorities extinguish 10 bushfires

The fire brigade and disaster mitigation office of Pekanbaru, Riau Province, has extinguished bushfires in at least 10 ...

President Jokowi chairs meeting on Sinabung, Rohingya refugees

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) led a limited cabinet meeting to discuss ways to handle the refuges evacuated from ...

Landslides, No. 1 Killer in Indonesia in 2014

Being located in the Pacifics ring of fire and comprising over 17 thousand islands, Indonesia is prone to natural ...

Floods, landslides hit Purworejo, killing one

Floods and landslides hit some villages in Pituruh sub-district, Purworejo District, Central Java, on Saturday ...

Flash Flood Inundates Kampung Pulo, East Jakarta

Flash flood inundated six neighborhood units in Kampung Pulo, Jatinagara sub-district, East Jakarta, at height of up ...

Overflowing Bengawan Solo river inundates villages

The Bengawan Solo River overflowed and inundated several villages located along the banks of the river. Some 301 ...

Overflowing Bengawan Solo river inundates villages

The Bengawan Solo River overflowed and inundated several villages located along the banks of the river. Some 301 ...

Bamboo conservation along Ciliwung watershed can prevent floods

Bamboo conservation along the Ciliwung watershed can be an alternative measure for long-term flood prevention. ...

1,981 joint personnel to evacuate flood victims in Jakarta

Some 1,981 personnel from different forces have been deployed to evacuate flood victims, according to the Jakarta ...

Jakarta floods force nearly six thousand people to evacuate

Some 5,986 Jakarta residents have been forced to evacuate to safer places as the floods continue to inundate the ...