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BMKG forecasts moderate, heavy rainfall in several Indonesian regions

The Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning of the potential of moderate ...

Fire razes nine homes in Aceh

A fire gutted nine homes in Mutiara village in the westernmost Indonesian province of Aceh early on Tuesday morning and ...

West Kalimantan police name eight suspects in forest, land fires

The West Kalimantan Provincial Police have named eight suspects in seven cases of forest and land fires in the province ...

BNPB reports 657 natural disasters hit Indonesia since early 2021

Indonesia bore witness to 657 natural disasters in the year ending March 1, 2012, that claimed 271 lives, rendered 11 ...

Riau's BPBD stations 6,000 personnel to prevent, handle forest fires

The Regional Disaster Mitigation Office (BPBD) of Riau Province, in collaboration with other related offices, stationed ...

Fires scorch 248 ha of land, forests in Riau

Fires have laid to waste 248.95 hectares of land and forests in Riau province since early this year, chief of the Riau ...

BMKG detects 38 hotspots in North Sumatra

Thirty-eight hotspots of forest and land fires have been detected in several parts of North Sumatra Province by Sensor ...

BMKG reports 18 hotspots in Bengkalis District

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded the presence of 18 hotspots indicating forest and ...

Jokowi seeks local governments' continued vigil against forest fires

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reminded local governments to remain vigilant in facing the threat of forest ...

Stamp out forest fires before they spread: Jokoowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has directed regional government heads as well as local military (TNI) and police ...

Fires destroy 55 hectares of land, forests in Riau

Fires gutted 55.71 hectares of land and forests in Riau province between January 1 and February 13, 2021. During the ...

BNPB reports 81-percent reduction in forest, land fires in Nov 2020

Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo highlighted that the cases of forest and land fires ...

Floods inundate 126 homes in South Solok, West Sumatra

Floods triggered by unremitting torrential rains that led to the Batang Pangian and Batang Geringging rivers to ...

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Turning things around in the climate negotiation room

- held in Glasgow, United Kingdom in November 2021 -- must be able to carry out what is known as the best alternative ...

Tens of houses in Bangka Belitung Islands ravaged by whirlwind

A whirlwind that swept through two neighborhood areas of Belinyu Sub-district, Bangka District, Bangka Belitung ...