#disasters

Collection of disasters news, found 733 news.

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Flores waters in Indonesia

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit the waters of Flores in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara on Wednesday at ...

No casualties, damage reported after earthquake hits Yogyakarta

An earthquake registering 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked Yogyakarta on early Monday at 2:50 a.m. local time, with no ...

Series of quakes of over 5.0-magnitude hit Indonesia on Monday

Multiple earthquakes measuring over 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted several areas in Indonesia on early Monday morning, ...

Bekasi city declared 'green zone'; to reopen schools July 13

With the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bekasi city declining significantly, the city has been labeled a ...

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolts East Java's Blitar

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake had struck Blitar District in East Java Province on Sunday at around 02.09 a.m. local time ...

BMKG installs three early warning receiver systems in Alor

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) installed three earthquake and tsunami early warning ...

Magnitude-5.1 earthquake rattles Boven Digoel in Papua

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit areas of Bovel Digoel District, Papua, Indonesia, on Wednesday, at around 8:06 a.m. ...

News Focus

On Jakarta anniversary, a 'present': pandemic showing signs of slowing

There has been no grand celebration to commemorate Jakarta's 493rd anniversary this year as the Indonesian capital ...

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, ...