#natural disaster

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Sinabung`s deadly clouds claim 15 lives in a single day

Over 30 thousand people across 34 villages have been displaced since last September 2013, as a result of the sporadic ...

Regional govt must increase officials` capacity

Coordinating Minister for Peoples Welfare Agung Laksono asked regional governments to increase the capacity of their ...

Landslide kills one in C Sulawesi

A landslide in Kebun Kopi Highway, Central Sulawesi Province has killed one and injured 18 others. The disaster ...

Indonesian govt still taking stock of flood-affected rice fields

The current floods that have displaced many residents or forced them to evacuate in different parts of Indonesia, have ...

Government to offer scholarships to Mount Sinabung victims: President

The government will provide scholarships to the students attending elementary schools and colleges, who were affected ...

Thousand residents of Pati displaced due to floods

Pati District Head Haryanto has stated that around one thousand residents are affected by floods in the district. ...

Flooding spreads to wider areas in indonesia

In the past two weeks, floods and landslides have hit parts of Indonesia, particularly Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, 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 ...

3,500 Indonesian police officers to be deployed at flood-hit areas

The Police Headquarters will deploy 3,500 police officers at several areas in Indonesian that have been hit by floods, ...

Army, LAPAN agree to develop rockets

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

Ansell Announces Record Product Donation To Direct Relief In Response To Typhoon Haiyan In The Philippines

- Ansell (ASX: ANN), a global leader in protection solutions, today announced that it has donated medical and ...

President always monitors disasters: Staff

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono continually receives and monitors updates on various natural disasters in the ...

Annual floods hit parts of Indonesia

Typically, January and February are the peak months of the rainy season in Indonesia, which mostly results in flooding ...

Dozens believed to be buried by landslide

Dozens of people are believed to have been buried by a landslide in North Sulawesi, on Wednesday. They sought ...

Jakarta flood problem cannot be resolved overnight

The floods, which repeatedly strike Jakarta and its neighboring areas with sickening regularity almost every year, is ...