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Jakarta prepares disaster response for potential coastal flooding

The Jakarta Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has prepared anticipatory measures to face potential tidal ...

Two killed, 15 houses damaged in Aceh oxygen tank blast

Two people were killed and 15 houses damaged when an oxygen tank exploded at a refilling station in Aceh Barat ...

Indonesia's police ordered to map disaster-prone areas amid La Niña

Indonesian National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has ordered officers nationwide to identify and map ...

National Police vow to protect Indonesians from natural disasters

Chief of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has reaffirmed the force’s ...

Search underway for 23 missing after flash flood in Highland Papua

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed that a search operation is underway for 23 ...

Indonesia readies 5,755 heavy machines to prepare for rainy season

The Ministry of Public Works (PU) has prepared 5,755 heavy equipment units and 382,044 flood mitigation tools, ...

President Prabowo orders air ambulance upgrade for A400M aircraft

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the installation of air ambulance equipment in the newly ...

BNPB highlights positive results of Semarang flood management

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said flood management efforts in Semarang City, Central Java, have shown ...

Gibran urges concerted efforts to address Semarang prolonged floods

Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has emphasized the need for stronger collaboration between the central ...

BNPB encourages strengthening of disaster-aware culture

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is encouraging the strengthening of a disaster-aware culture as part of ...

Bali halts Kelingking Beach glass elevator project amid concerns

Bali authorities have suspended construction of a 182-meter glass elevator at the cliff of Kelingking Beach in Nusa ...

Baznas deploys team to assist Sukabumi flash flood victims

The Indonesian National Alms Agency (Baznas) has deployed its disaster response (BTB) team to deliver assistance to ...

China tech wave an engine of global prosperity, not a threat

China is doubling down on technological innovation to fuel its high-quality development in the next five-year period. ...

RI Govt to clear buildings along riverbanks to prevent flooding

Indonesia’s Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Nusron Wahid has ordered the clearing of buildings ...

Weather operation reduces rainfall intensity by 75% in West Java: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has confirmed that a weather modification operation in West Java ...