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Six hot spots detected in Riau

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected six hot spots in Riau province on Monday. ...

Huge blasts at Chinese port kill 44, firefighters missing

Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese ...

No more hotspots, haze in Riau: Meteorology station

The Pekanbaru Meteorology Station has reported that Riau is clear from haze, as rainfall over the past few days doused ...

President requests agriculture minister for reports on drought

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has asked the agriculture minister for reports on the impacts of the El Nino ...

Legislator calls to probe Israeli presence in Tolikara

Chairman of the Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR) Mahfudz Siddiq has called for a probe into the ...

Police grill GIDI president over Tolikara incident

The Papuan Provincial Police questioned President of the Evangelical Churches of Indonesia (GIDI) Priest Dorman ...

Hotspots detected in C. Kalimantan

As many as 25 hotspots were detected in several areas of Kotawaringin Timur district in Central Kalimantan on Monday, ...

Indonesia bracing for worse impact of El Nino

The weather phenomenon El Nino has started to take toll in some parts of Indonesia. Harvest failures were ...

Indonesians should store water when it is available in abundance

Indonesia is prone to hydro-meteorological natural disasters, as many parts of the country are often flooded during ...

President Jokowi chairs meeting on El Nino

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo led a limited cabinet meeting here on Friday to discuss measures to face drought and ...

Tolikara incident to be settled by traditional wisdom

Religious leaders in the Papua province have agreed to settle the recent incident in Tolikara district by traditional ...

Riau calls for private companies to help fight wildfires

It certainly is no easy task to break the vicious cycle of annual forest, peat land and plantation fires, which have ...

Russia-made helicopter deployed to extinguish Riau wildfires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has rented a Russian-made Sikorsky helicopter to strengthen its efforts ...

Riau firefighters extinguish 60 wildfires during January-July period

During the January-July 2015 period, Riaus firefighters have put out 60 fires that have razed forest, peatland, and ...

S. Kalimantan on highest alert for wildfires

Authorities of South Kalimantan have declared the highest alert status for wildfires that have been proliferating due ...