#dry season

Collection of dry season news, found 682 news.

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Palangka Raya works to halt recurrence of forest fires

The authorities in Palangka Raya have been striving to halt the recurrence of bush and forest fires in the Central ...

Aceh's 20-hectare peatland engulfed by fire amid dry season

Fire scorched 20 hectares of peatland in two villages of Nagan Raya District, Aceh, Thursday afternoon, amid the dry ...

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 ...

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 ...