#disasters in indonesia

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BRIN devises varied disaster mitigation technologies

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has come up with a plethora of innovations and technology to ...

BRIN head reviews readiness of aeronautics, space facilities

Head of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Laksana Tri Handoko, reviewed research facilities and ...

Indonesia hit by 1,805 natural disasters during Jan-Aug 2021: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has reported that a total of 1,805 natural disasters struck Indonesia ...

Jokowi urges BMKG to increase disaster mitigation, management capacity

President Joko Widodo has called on the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) to increase its disaster ...

Increasing awareness of Indonesians living in "disaster supermarket"

Natural disasters are a day-to-day occurrence in Indonesia, as some 10 natural disasters occurred daily in ...

Bolster public awareness of natural disaster potentials: BNPB Head

National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Head Lt Gen. Doni Monardo highlighted the importance of boosting public ...

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Daily disasters bring mitigation, prevention to fore

The Indonesian people need to find a way to live with natural disasters considering the nation’s geographic ...

Pandemic an opportunity to strengthen disaster resilience: Widodo

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has offered an opportunity to ...

BNPB reports 657 natural disasters hit Indonesia since early 2021

Indonesia bore witness to 657 natural disasters in the year ending March 1, 2012, that claimed 271 lives, rendered 11 ...

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As La Nina brings disaster, misery, demand for climate action grows

Hydrometeorological disasters, such as floods, landslides, and whirlwinds, have been simultaneously witnessed in ...

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Indonesia enters 2021 with "abnormal" natural disasters

As a country located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters such as volcano eruption, ...

Floods swamp residential, office areas in Keerom District, Papua

Floods struck parts of Keerom District in Papua Province, submerging residential and office areas on ...

197 natural disasters struck Indonesia during January 1-23

Indonesia had been stricken by a total of 197 natural disasters during the January 1-23 period, according to data of ...

BNPB reports 81-percent reduction in forest, land fires in Nov 2020

Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo highlighted that the cases of forest and land fires ...

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Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced hydrometeorological disasters

The onset of monsoons in most Indonesian regions in September have also triggered flooding in several provinces, ...