#disasters

Collection of disasters news, found 665 news.

Govt prioritizes changing public mindset on reducing land degradation

The government has channeled its efforts to change the public outlook in preventing environmental degradation, ...

How We Do It

Covering a COVID-19 burial: The photojournalists' stories

In mid-March, weeks after the first two cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in Indonesia, the ...

Atmosphere of Jakarta's anniversary celebrations different this year

The Governor of Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, highlighted that the atmosphere of celebrations to mark the capital city's ...

East Java's Pacitan District rattled by 5.0-magnitude quake

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Pacitan District in East Java Province on early Monday, but the tremors were felt by not ...

Government allocates Rp15 trillion for disaster fund

The Indonesian government has agreed to allocate Rp15 trillion in budget fund for disaster anticipation and mitigation ...

Death toll from Sukabumi`s landslide has reached 32: mily officer

Rescue workers have found 32 bodies of 33 victims of landslide that hit Garehong area of Sirnaresmi Village, Cisolok ...

Death toll from Sukabumi`s landslide reaches 23: government

The death toll from the deadly landslide that recently hit Garehong hamlet of Cimapag Village in Sukabumi District, ...

Search continues for 15 missing persons in Sukabumi landslide

Rescue operations, to look for 15 missing persons in a landslide that hit Sirnaresmi Village, Sukabumi District, West ...

Flood inundates residential area in Jayapura, Papua

A flood triggered by incessant rain since Thursday evening, inundated Yahim Gajah Mada housing complex in Sentani, ...

Death toll of Sukabumi landslide reaches 15

The death toll of a landslide that buried 30 homes in Cimapag hamlet, Sukabumi District, West Java Province, has ...

News feature - Ulemas usher in New Year by highlighting introspection By Eliswan Azly

Some ulemas in Indonesia and the community in other provinces of the country are marking the turn of the year as a ...

Mass wedding ceremony marks New Year`s Eve in Jakarta

As many as 557 couples got married in a mass wedding ceremony organized by the Jakarta provincial administration ...

MUI calls for welcoming new year with simplicity

Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Ulema Council, Zainut Tauhid Saadi, appealed to the public to welcome the 2019 ...

Central Java urged to conduct disaster mitigation

The Central Java government has been urged to conduct disaster mitigation in a comprehensive manner to reduce the ...

EU donates 80 thousands euro to Sunda Strait tsunami victims

The European Union (EU) has decided to provide humanitarian aid amounting to 80 thousand Euro or around Rp1.3 billion ...