#material losses

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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), ...

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 ...

Indonesian flooding spreads to more areas

As forecast by the National Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysic Agency (BMKG), the rainy season in Indonesia has ...

Floods submerge over 1,273 hectares of rice fields in Lebak

Floods submerged 1,273.25 hectares (ha) of rice fields in Lebak District, Banten Province, inflicting material losses ...

Yearender - Indonesia successfully fights forest fires in 2016

Many inhabitants of Riau Province have a fleeting sense of relief since, for the first time in the past 18 years, they ...

Magnitude-5.3 earthquake jolts Yogyakarta

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Yogyakarta on Friday at 9:19 am local time. The quakes ...

Antiterrorism law revision must be finalized soon

The draft revision of Law No. 15/2003 on Antiterrorism, which is under the deliberation of the House of ...

Indonesia records 69 terror attacks since 1999: Agency

Indonesia recorded 69 terror attacks between 1999 and 2016, according to the National Counterterrorism Agency ...

Legal enforcement stepped up to combat forest fires

Riaus inhabitants have long yearned to lead a haze-free existence as they have reeled under the impacts of smoke ...

Social affairs minister oversees evacuees in Purworejo

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa visited and reviewed the state of the evacuees in Purworejo District, ...

President instructs parties to coordinate to help landslide, flood victims

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed his ministers and related officials to coordinate to assist the victims ...

2,663 houses damaged in June 2 quake

The 6.5-magnitude earthquake which rocked the western coastal area of Sumatra on Thursday destroyed 2,663 houses and ...

Bandung floods considered worst in 10 years

Floods have spread to wider areas across Indonesian provinces in the last few weeks, with the worst flood striking ...

Indonesia empowers communities to prevent forest fires

The traumatic experiences due to forest fires and the consequent haze disaster are still fresh in the minds of ...

World Bank provides grant to help prevent forest fires

The World Bank has provided a grant amounting to some US$12 million this year to help prevent forest fires, Chairman ...