#natural disaster

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Indonesian Army's three ships deliver relief aid for disaster victims

Indonesian Army (TNI AD) deployed ADRI 50, ADRI 51, and ADRI 52 ships to transport personnel, field hospital and heavy ...

Rescuers find four of six miners following South Solok landslide

Rescuers found four of the six miners buried by a landslide in a gold mine in South Solok District, West Sumatra ...

SAR office confirms 27 still missing in Sumedang landslides

The Bandung Search and Rescue (SAR) Office reported that 27 people were nowhere to be found in the landslides that ...

Ministry deploys Tagana to help evacuate Sumedang landslide victims

The Social Affairs Ministry has deployed the Disaster Preparedness Youth (Tagana) to help the evacuation of victims of ...

Govt should be fair in law enforcement against organizations: Mu'ti

Muhammadiyah Secretary General Abdul Mu'ti urged Indonesia's government to maintain public justice and fairness ...

Hundreds flee to higher ground after floods submerge Lebak

Floods swamped several villages in Banjarsari Sub-district, Lebak District, Banten Province, as the Cimoyan River ...

BNPB urges implementation of health protocols at volcano shelter

Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), Doni Monardo, has asked the authorities to ensure evacuees ...

Bawaslu urges pilkada participants to apply health protocols

The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) warned participants of the 2020 simultaneous regional head elections (pilkada) ...

Government distributes tents, logistics to Mt Merapi evacuees

The Social Affairs Ministry has distributed tents and logistics worth Rp500 million as humanitarian aid for the ...

WorldRemit waives their fees on transfers to the Philippines in light of recent natural disaster

WorldRemit, a leading digital payments platform, is waiving their fees on money transfers to the Philippines in light ...

Government lists seven mitigation strategies as La Nina looms

Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo, has outlined seven strategies to anticipate and mitigate the impact of ...

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Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced hydrometeorological disasters

The onset of monsoons in most Indonesian regions in September have also triggered flooding in several provinces, ...

Indonesia records 2,276 natural disasters since early January

Indonesia recorded a total of 2,276 natural disasters in the year ending October 17, 2020, according to the National ...

Flash flood hits two sub-districts of Central Sulawesi

Incessant and heavy rains over the past few days triggered a flash flood in the sub-districts of Banawa Tengah and ...

Task force warns of COVID-19 transmission in refugee shelters

The COVID-19 task force has warned of potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission in refugee shelters as the threat of natural ...