#dry season

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Five villages in Temanggung, Central Java, ravaged by dry spell

 The extreme dry season has adversely affected five villages in Temanggung District, Central Java Province, ...

Bekasi plans to build six artificial lakes to tackle drought

The Government of Bekasi District, West Java, plans to build six artificial lakes to tackle drought that hits parts of ...

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Indonesia pays serious attention to forest fires handling

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

Central Kalimantan needs helitanker to support aerial firefighting

The Kotawaringin Timur Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) needs a helitanker to back its efforts to extinguish wildfires ...

Tens of hectares of peatland in Mempawah ravaged by fire

Fire, in the last 72 hours, has burnt down over 80 hectares of peatland in Rasau Village, Sui Pinyuh Sub-district, ...

PUPR Ministry inspects availability of clean water in regions

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry inspected the availability of clean water in dams, lakes, and ...

Home Affairs Ministry synchronizes efforts to tackle water crisis

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

Forest fires seared through 30,477 thousand hectares area in July

Forest fires had consumed a total of 30,477 hectares of area as of July 2019, Agus Wibowo, spokesman of the National ...

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 ...

Pekanbaru shrouded in haze from forest fire

Tampan and Senapelan Sub-districts in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Sumatra Island, on Sunday were shrouded in haze coming ...

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 ...

Manggala Agni continues fire-fighting efforts in Kampar peatland

The forest fire brigade of the Environmental and Forestry Ministry (Manggala Agni) continued its efforts to extinguish ...

Vice President Kalla bestows 2019 Kalpataru Awards on 11 figures

Vice President Jusuf Kalla bestowed the 2019 Kalpataru awards on individuals, groups, and representatives of local ...

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 ...

Fire razes 50 hectares of peatland area in Aceh

A fire scorched 50 hectares (ha) of peatland area in West Aceh District, Aceh Province. "We have continued to ...