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BNPB building 36,000 homes for flood victims in Sumatra

Around 36,000 permanent housing units are being built for residents affected by floods in three provinces in Sumatra, ...

Body of missing British diver found off Gili Air

A joint search and rescue team has recovered the body of British diver Robert Peter, 46, who was reported missing in ...

Jakarta deploys teams as heavy rain floods 46 neighborhoods

The Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has responded to flooding affecting 46 neighborhood units (RT) in East ...

Prabowo hails near-complete Aceh Tamiang flood recovery on Eid al-Fitr

President Prabowo Subianto extends Eid al-Fitr greetings and expressed his appreciation for the accelerated recovery ...

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Aceh flood victims to receive temporary housing: Home minister

Indonesia’s Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has assured that all victims of recent floods and landslides in ...

Indonesia aims to end tent living for Aceh evacuees by Eid al-Fitr

Home Minister Tito Karnavian, who leads the Task Force for the Acceleration of Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and ...

Indonesia readies 35 cloud-seeding ops amid El Niño threat

The government is anticipating threats of forest and land fires by preparing 35 Weather Modification Operations (OMC) ...

BNPB nears completion of homes for disaster-hit Aceh Tamiang people

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has set a mid-March deadline to complete the remaining 2,418 ...

BNPB provides two helicopters to support Riau's forest fire patrols

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has provided two patrol helicopters to assist in the management and ...

Jakarta deploys 1,200 pumps to speed up flooding response

The Jakarta Provincial Government has deployed 1,200 flood control pumps as part of a rapid response to handle ...

Rescuers evacuate elderly, babies from Jakarta flooding

Firefighters in East Jakarta evacuated elderly residents and infants trapped by flooding in Cipinang Melayu on Sunday ...

Prabowo approves Rp10.6T for disaster recovery in three provinces

President Prabowo Subianto has approved Rp10.6 trillion (over US$625 million) in additional fiscal transfers to three ...

RI Govt accelerates relocation as evacuee numbers decline in Sumatra

Indonesia’s post-disaster task force reported a sharp drop in the number of evacuees in Aceh and North Sumatra ...

Search resumes as Merapi volcanic mudflows recede in Central Java

Search operations resumed on Thursday after flash floods mixed with volcanic debris from Mount Merapi receded in ...

Indonesia aims to complete post-disaster reconstruction by 2029

The Indonesian government has set a goal to complete rehabilitation and reconstruction in disaster-hit areas of ...