#natural disaster mitigation

Collection of natural disaster mitigation news, found 139 news.

Indonesia Social Ministry allocates Rp235 billion for disaster mitigation

The Ministry of Social Affairs has allocated Rp235 billion for natural disaster mitigation in 2015, according to ...

Disaster mitigation among TNI`s top priorities

Disaster mitigation is among the key priorities of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), stated Defense Minister ...

Indonesia better prepared for tsunamis

For most Indonesians, the memories of the deadly tsunami, which devastated Aceh Darussalam Province and Nias Ditrict ...

Drought hits numerous regions of Indonesia

Drought has parched Indonesias numerous regions and is feared to cause losses to crops, slow down economic growth, and ...

President to spend Thursday night in Sinabung evacuee camp

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will spend Thursday night in an evacuee camp with victims of the Mount Sinabung ...

Army, LAPAN agree to develop rockets

The Indonesian Army (TNI AD) and the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) signed a Memorandum of ...

Flood kills two in Tangerang

A flood inundated several residential areas and killed two inhabitants of Tangerang City, Banten Province, on ...

Jakarta takes measures against floods

Jakarta is bracing for floods as rains have begun inundating a number of areas in the city of some 10 million ...

E Java`s Bojonegoro district reeling under water crisis

A total of 5,482 families or 14,548 residents of 27 villages of 10 sub-districts of Bojonegoro in East Java, are ...

Clean water shortage hits some areas

Several parts of Indonesia have been experiencing drought-like conditions over the past weeks and the government is ...

28 villages in a Lebak under threat of water crisis

A total of 28 villages in Lebak district, Banten province, are under a threat of clean water crisis as the dry season ...

Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Mentawai

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit Pagai Selatan in the district of Mentawai islands, Sumatra, at 12.05 pm on ...

Police arrest 23 suspects over forest fires

The Police of Riau have arrested 23 suspects in connection with forest and peat land fires in the province that have ...

Flooding submerges 80 houses in Benenain

Heavy rain had triggered widespread flooding in the regency of Malaka of East Nusatenggara. At least 80 houses in the ...

Flood hits two sub-districts on Madura island

A flood triggered by heavy rains affected two sub-districts on Madura Island, East Java, on Tuesday, with a water ...