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11 provinces should declare alert status for forest fire: Ministry

The Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs has appealed to 11 provincial administrations ...

Six die in South Halmahera earthquake: BNPB

Six people died following the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted South Halmahera District in North Maluku on Sunday ...

BPBD confirms 971 houses damaged in Halmahera 7.2-magnitude earthquake

North Maluku Province's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported here on Wednesday that the recent strong ...

Forest fires seared through 30,477 thousand hectares area in July

Forest fires had consumed a total of 30,477 hectares of area as of July 2019, Agus Wibowo, spokesman of the National ...

Bali's airport operations unhindered by 6.0-magnitude quake

Operations at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, remained unaffected and ran smoothly after an ...

Rapid Reaction Team deployed in South Halmahera

A Rapid Reaction Team of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has been deployed in the earthquake-affected ...

South Halmahera announces emergency response period on July 15-21

The South Halmahera district administration has declared a seven-day emergency response period on July 15-21 after a ...

North Maluku earthquake claims two lives, displaces 1,104 people

A magnitude-7.2 earthquake that hit South Halmahera District, North Maluku Province, on Sunday evening, claimed two ...

127,977 Gunung Kidul inhabitants affected by drought

Drought has affected a total of 127,977 inhabitants of Gunung Kidul District, Yogyakarta Special Autonomous Region, and ...

Magnitude-7.2 earthquake shakes North Maluku

An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter Scale shook North Maluku, on Sunday at 6:28 p.m. local time, forcing local ...

Pekanbaru shrouded in haze from forest fire

Tampan and Senapelan Sub-districts in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Sumatra Island, on Sunday were shrouded in haze coming ...

PMI erected six earthquake-resistant mosques in Lombok Island

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has constructed six mosques in the earthquake-hit areas of Lombok Island, West Nusa ...

Minister echoes government's actions to control air pollution

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya spoke at length on the government's steps to curb air pollution ...

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Dry spells spread to wider Indonesian areas, affect farming

Earlier this year, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reminded the regional authorities to step ...

Magnitude-7.0 earthquake jolts North Maluku

A shallow earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale jolted North Maluku on Sunday at 10:08 p.m. Western Indonesian ...