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Floods submerge 35 thousand houses in Bandung district

Floods triggered by incessant heavy rains and the overflowing of Citarum River, have submerged some 35 thousand houses ...

Floods Leave Two Dead, Three Missing in Bandung, West Java

Floods have left two dead and three others missing in Bandung District, West Java Province, as Citarum River ...

Climate impact predicted to cause 500,000 extra deaths in 2050

Climate change could cause significant changes to global diets, leading to more than half a million extra deaths in ...

Tangsel City offers total US$29,000 prize for creative trash concept

Garbage found anywhere in big cities is a headache as this could cause health problems or a catastrophe, such as ...

Tangerang prepares 74 pumps to overcome floods

Tangerang city administration in Banten province has made 74 pumps ready to prevent floodwaters from inundating ...

Government empowering community to prevent forest fires

The government is empowering the rural community to prevent forest fires, Chairman of the National Disaster Mitigation ...

As sea levels rise, economic damage piles up even faster: Study

As sea levels rise, threatening cities from New York to Shanghai, the economic damage will increase even faster, ...

Plastic bag charge levied on customers too low: Bandung mayor

Mayor of Bandung Ridwan Kamil believes that the price of a plastic bag at Rp200, or less than two cents, being charged ...

Floods inundate 10 villages in Tangerang

Floods inundated thousands of houses in 10 villages in Tangerang District of Banten Province on Sunday. Head of ...

Gresik dam expected to be operational in August this year

The Bengawan Solo river dam designed mainly to cope with frequent floods in downstream area of that river in the ...

Jakarta braces for flooding during peak rainy season

The Jakarta administration is intensifying efforts to normalize sewage systems in the capital city as the rainy season ...

Social Minister to visit flood victims in Kampar, Riau

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa is to visit flood victims in Kualu village, Tambang sub-district, ...

Floods submerge 120 hectares rice fields in langkat, North Sumatra

Floods have submerged rice fields, covering a total area of 120 hectares in Karya Maju village, Tanjungpura ...

Floods submerge 500 houses in Pandeglang, Banten

Flash floods submerged around 500 homes in four villages of Cigondang, Kalanganyar, Teluk and Labuan in Pandeglang ...

Six people buried in landslide in Payakumbuh

Six people were buried in a landslide caused by incessant rains that also blocked the road between Payakumbuh and ...