#flooding

Collection of flooding news, found 428 news.

NTT Communications Opens Top-Scale Data Center in Thailand

- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within ...

Storm causes flooding, road closures in Britain

Storm Desmond has caused widespread flooding, road closures and power cuts to tens of thousands of homes in the ...

Indonesia Plays Dual Roles in Climate Change Issues

As an archipelagic country with vast forests and maritime areas, Indonesia is unique as it is most vulnerable to the ...

Cleaning Up Jakarta`s Rivers

For Iwan Suseno, a resident of Kebon Manggis area in East Jakarta, flooding has been like an unresolved problem that ...

House to summon Jakarta governor over coastal reclamation plan

The House of Representatives (DPR) will summon Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) over the planned coastal ...

Jakarta governor optimistic giant sea wall to start in 2013

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, Jokowi, is optimistic that the construction of giant sea levees or giant sea wall to ...

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 ...

Bank Indonesia predicts inflation to reach 1.1% in January

Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, has predicted that inflation will reach 1.1 percent by the end of this month, ...

Pros and cons on idea to move capital city from Jakarta

Following major floods that almost crippled Jakarta recently, an idea to move Indonesia`s capital city to another ...

Deep tunnel no solution for Jakarta floods

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo`s plan to build a deep tunnel will not serve as a solution to the floods that hit the ...

Death toll in S. Philippine flooding climbs to 7

The death toll from flooding caused by torrential rains in southern Philippines climbed to seven, the National ...

Jakarta governor instructs relocation of settlers on river banks

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed all village and subdistrict heads to relocate settlers from river ...

A lesson from current flooding of Jakarta

Last week`s devastation of Jakarta by floods has rendered the capital city heavy casualties and losses in material. ...

Banking transactions fall sharply: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) noted that banking transactions fell sharply during the flooding in Jakarta on ...

Jakarta may suffer Rp20 trillion in losses due to flood: Governor

Jakarta is likely to suffer losses of up to Rp20 trillion (US$2 billion) as a result of the floods that have inundated ...