#extreme weather

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Rupiah gains against US dollar

Rupiah gained 36 basis points against the US dollar, opening at the level of 11,630 per dollar in the first minutes of ...

N. Sumatra sets higher target for corn production this year

North Sumatra sets target for corn production at 1,628,149 tons this year, up from last years target of 1,494,050 ...

Sorghum Cultivation Campaigns Should be Intensified

Due to its high productivity and easy adaptability, sorghum has a great potential to be grown and cultivated in ...

Extraordinary wave of bad weather sends Rome haywire

Rome and other cities in Italy on Friday were battered by an extraordinary wave of bad weather that prompted Prime ...

Floods affect 1,270 families in Tangerang

A total of 1,270 families have been affected by floods that have inundated the four housing complexes in Tangerang ...

SAR rescues Merapi landslide victims

The Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Boyolali Regency, Central Java successfully rescued two climbers from Yogyakarta ...

Buddhist Leader Calls for Regional Cooperation in Response to Natural Disasters

-In his annual peace proposal, "Value Creation for Global Change: Building Resilient and Sustainable Societies," ...

President always monitors disasters: Staff

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono continually receives and monitors updates on various natural disasters in the ...

Extreme weather to hurt Indonesia`s 2013 CPO production

Indonesias crude palm oil production is estimated to be lower-than-expected at only 26.2 million tons this year, owing ...

UI plans to build unmanned vessels to help rescue team

The state University of Indonesia (UI) is studying cooperation with the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) ...

Sorghum planting movement in Belu successful

Sorghum planting movement initiated by State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan early 2013 on 200 hectares of land in ...

Batam, Singapore shrouded in haze coming from Sumatra`s fires

Thick smog haze has covered Batam and Singapore on Thursday, significantly reducing the visibility and causing eye ...

Victoria storm not affects Indonesian waters

The Tanjung Perak chapter of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) for Maritime in Surabaya, East ...

news focus - natural disasters remain challenge to asia-pacific`s robust economic growth b - (d)

Apart from the slowdown of world`s economy due to crisis in the United States and some European countries, natural ...

Pertamina to evaluate geothermal drilling operations

A state owned oil and gas company, PT Pertamina, is set to evaluate geothermal drilling operations after a landslide ...