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BNPB wins Geospatial Asia 2017 Award

The National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB) has won Asia Geospatial Excellence Award 2017 from the Geosmart Asia ...

BNPB announces emergency status for hotspots in six provinces

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has declared an emergency status for hotspots in the six provinces of ...

Better efforts needed for disaster preparedness and mitigation

Natural disasters that have hit Indonesia up to June 2017 include floods (37.4 percent), whirlwinds (29.2 percent), ...

Government committed to relocating Indonesian capital

The Government of Indonesia is determined to relocate the state capital Jakarta out of Java Island to avoid total ...

One dead after landslide hits Ambon

One inhabitant died while another was injured after a landslide hit Krangpanjang, Ambon Island, Maluku Province, on ...

Two dead, two missing in Tolitoli floods

Two people are dead and two others missing after flash floods have hit four sub-districts in Tolitoli District, ...

Sukarnoputri holds dialog with Al Gore

Former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri held a dialog with US ex-vice president Albert Arnold Gore (Al Gore) ...

Floods affect 526 families in Langkat

Floods hit several villages in Langkat District, North Sumatra province, affecting a total of 526 families, a local ...

310 hectares of rice fields inundated in Langkat, North Sumatra

Rice fields measuring a total of 310 hectares were flooded in the sub-districts of Sei Lepan and Babalan, Langkat ...

Floods hit Langkat District in North Sumatra Province

Floods have hit several villages in Sei Lepan Sub-district, Langkat District, North Sumatra Province, and displaced at ...

Bogor, Jakarta to make Ciliwung waste-free by 2020

The governments of Bogor City and Jakarta have made a joint commitment to making the Ciliwung River waste-free by 2020 ...

Landslide in East Luwu claims seven lives

A landslide triggered by downpour, on Friday morning, killed seven people and seriously injured seven others in the ...

Flash flood hits Ciwidey area, Bandung district

A flash flood hit Margamulya Village in Pasir Jambu Sub-district, Bandung District, West Java Province, as the Ciwidey ...

Natural disasters inflict Rp30 trillion loss per year in Indonesia

Indonesia suffers an average of Rp30 trillion in economic losses per year due to natural disasters, Head of the ...

Disasters force people in Sukabumi to evacuate

Residents of two sub-districts, such as Cibadak and Nagrak, of Sukabumi District, West Java Province, were evacuated ...