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Govt establishes 854 disaster resilient villages , 208 social shelters

The Ministry of Social Affairs has established 854 Disaster Resilient Villages (KSB) and 208 social shelters to ...

Infrastructure development should not increase disaster risk: Jokowi

Infrastructure development should reduce the disaster risk rather than increase it, according to President Joko Widodo ...

President urges Basarnas to intensify collaboration

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) urged the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) to strengthen collaboration and ...

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Preparing disaster-resilient community in earthquake-prone Indonesia

Earthquakes are common in parts of Indonesia, the world's largest archipelagic nation located in the Pacific Ring ...

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Indonesia braces for hydro-meteorological disasters

With about 17 thousand islands scattered across the Indian-Pacific Ocean, the world’s largest archipelagic ...

Mitigation efforts after Banten quake

According to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the 6.6-magnitude earthquake which struck ...

La Nina in Central Sulawesi to end in June 2022

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency has projected the La Nina phenomenon, which started in November ...

Banten earthquake inflicted damage in 166 villages: Minister Effendy

The 6.6-magnitude earthquake that rattled Banten Province on Friday, January 14, caused damage to 166 villages in 48 ...

Gov't must push formation of disaster-resilient villages: academic

Local governments must continue to intensify mitigation programs through the establishment of disaster-resilient ...

C Java: Sumadi chairs meeting on controlling public mobility

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi on Thursday chaired a coordination meeting on controlling public mobility ...

Ulemas have key role in raising disaster awareness: BMKG

Ulemas can play an important role in increasing people's literacy regarding disaster prevention and mitigation, ...

Rismaharini reviews social granary readiness in 2 East Java districts

Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini reviewed the readiness of social granaries in disaster-prone areas in ...

Cianjur: BPBD sends officers to monitor quake-prone areas

Following the 3.0-magnitude earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, the district's Disaster Mitigation Agency ...

Natural disaster refugees reaches 8.26 million until December 19: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) recorded that 8.26 million people were impacted by natural disasters in ...

BMKG installs 17 more seismographs across Indonesia

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has begun installing 17 seismographs  across Indonesia ...