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PMI ready to send volunteers to help victims of Turkey's quake

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is ready to send its volunteers to help victims of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake and a ...

Indonesia increases number of evacuee camps over La Nina impact

The Indonesian government has increased the number of evacuee camps, especially in disaster-prone areas, as a ...

Government lists seven mitigation strategies as La Nina looms

Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo, has outlined seven strategies to anticipate and mitigate the impact of ...

Tremors of Pangandaran earthquake felt until Yogyakarta

Tremors of the 5.9-magnitude earthquake that jolted southwest of Pangandaran District on Sunday morning were felt by ...

5.9-magnitude earthquake rocks West Java's Pangandaran district

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest of Pangandaran District in West Java Province on Sunday morning but it did ...

Floods swamp residential areas in Bekasi

Flood waters reaching a height of up to 1.9 meters swamped several residential areas located on river banks connecting ...

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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, ...

Landslide in Muara Enim, South Sumatra claims 11 lives: BNPB

An official confirmed that 11 died after a landslide hit a 20-feet-deep coal mine tunnel in Tanjung Lalang Village, ...

Two shallow quakes jolt West Sumatra's Mentawai Islands

Two moderate earthquakes struck Mentawai Islands district in West Sumatra province on Monday afternoon. There were no ...

Indonesia records 2,276 natural disasters since early January

Indonesia recorded a total of 2,276 natural disasters in the year ending October 17, 2020, according to the National ...

Moderate earthquake again rocks Bengkulu's Mukomuko district

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest of Mukomuko District in Bengkulu Province on early Sunday but there were no ...

Flash flood hits two sub-districts of Central Sulawesi

Incessant and heavy rains over the past few days triggered a flash flood in the sub-districts of Banawa Tengah and ...

Task force warns of COVID-19 transmission in refugee shelters

The COVID-19 task force has warned of potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission in refugee shelters as the threat of natural ...

Minister highlights carbon storage potential of Indonesian forests

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan acknowledged endeavors to preserve ...

Social Affair Ministry readies 39,000 volunteers to anticipate La Nina

The Social Affairs Ministry has readied nearly 39 thousand volunteers as a precautionary measure to address the impact ...