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Melawi: Floods swamp thousands of homes in 18 villages

Floods have inundated thousands of houses in 18 villages in Melawi district of West Kalimantan province following ...

Three villages in South Kalimantan inundated following downpour

Three villages in Satui Sub-district, Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan, were swamped over the past 48 hours after ...

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Indonesia's weather is a study in contrasts

Indonesia is preparing anticipatory measures against extreme weather events as it is prone to hydro-meteorological ...

Health Minister bestows awards to honor fallen health medical workers

Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has bestowed awards to honor medical workers who died while performing ...

Health minister offers compensation to kin of fallen health workers

Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto handed out cash compensation, emblematic of the state’s appreciation and ...

People's safety is highest principle of state governance: DPR speaker

House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani laid emphasis on the fact that the people's safety is the ...

Mount Sinabung erupts again, ejecting 5,000-meter-high ash column

Mount Sinabung in Karo District, North Sumatra, again erupted on Monday (July 10) at 10:16 a.m. local time, sending a ...

Mt Sinabung erupts for first time during COVID-19 pandemic

Mount Sinabung, located in Karo District, North Sumatra Province, erupted on Saturday morning, producing an ash column ...

COVID-19 handling must not spark more problems: Task Force

The coronavirus pandemic, which has been deemed a non-natural disaster, must be dealt with thoroughly to ensure that ...

Flash flood affects 2,281 households in SE Sulawesi's 14 sub-districts

Some 2,281 households in 14 sub-districts of Kowane District, Southeast Sulawesi Province, bore the brunt of flash ...

Jokowi instructs ministry to restore normalcy in flood-hit North Luwu

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ordered Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Minister Basuki Hadimuljono to personally ...

North Luwu, South Sulawesi flooding kills 24, renders 69 missing

Flash floods that struck parts of North Luwu District, South Sulawesi Province, claimed 24 lives and rendered 69 others ...

Governor, Minister Hadimuljono observe North Luwu's disaster-hit zone

South Sulawesi Governor Nurdin Abdullah and Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono, on Thursday, observed ...

Minister issues fresh guidelines on COVID-19 prevention, control

Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto, has issued a decree (KMK), Number HK.01.07 / Menkes / 413/2020, promulgating ...

Floods isolate three villages in North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi

Floods have cut off road links to three villages in two sub-districts of North Konawe District in Southeast Sulawesi ...