#drought

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Home Affairs Ministry synchronizes efforts to tackle water crisis

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo confirmed his ministry's coordination with the National Disaster Mitigation ...

127,977 Gunung Kidul inhabitants affected by drought

Drought has affected a total of 127,977 inhabitants of Gunung Kidul District, Yogyakarta Special Autonomous Region, and ...

50 hectares of land gutted in West Aceh

A fire ravaged over 50 hectares of land in West Aceh District's area, Aceh Province amid the dry season, and ...

Weather modification likely to prevent Rp3 trillion loss

The Agency for Technology Assessment and Application (BPPT) will propose the use of weather modification technology to ...

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Dry spells spread to wider Indonesian areas, affect farming

Earlier this year, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reminded the regional authorities to step ...

Dry spell leaves Indonesia's 100 districts, cities parched: ministry

A dry spell has cast a pall over 100 districts and cities in the Aceh, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, ...

Water tanks for C Kalimantan's residents for drought

The authorities in Pulau Hanaut Subdistrict of Kotawaringin Timur District, Central Kalimantan Province, have ...

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Indonesia makes serious effort to tackle forest fires

Indonesia is bracing for devastating and frequent forest fires, following the recurrence of bush and forest fires in ...

Villages in West Java district lack clean water

Thousands of residents in 14 villages in West Java's Karawang district are running short of clean water due to this ...

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Indonesia devotes serious effort to tackling impact of drought

Indonesia is bracing for a devastating and protracted drought this year, according to the warning of the Meteorology, ...

Water crisis cripples life in Central Java's Banyumas

Some 3,150 families in 12 villages in Banyumas District, Central Java Province, are reeling from a clean water crisis ...

Jakarta has to be ready to face drought: BMKG

The capital city Jakarta has to be ready for drought since the peak of the dry season is predicted to be in September ...

Six of 22 regions in East Nusa Tenggara potentially drought-prone

The Kupang Climatology Station has hinted at the possibility of six out of 22 regions in East Nusa Tenggara Province ...

BPPT uses artificial rain to overcome forest fires

The Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT) uses weather modification technology, better known as ...

Drought paralyses 17 villages in Cilacap, Central Java

As of June 30, a total of 17 villages in seven sub-districts in Cilacap, Central Java, were reeling under the impact of ...