#natural disaster

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Taiwan evacuates 8,000 as typhoon makes landfall

Taiwan evacuated thousands of people, closed down schools and halted rail services on Monday as Typhoon Nanmadol swept ...

Super-typhoon Nanmadol lashes Philippines

Super-typhoon Nanmadol battered the northern tip of the Philippines on Saturday, bringing heavy rain and causing ...

Idul Fitri travel safety measures: from urine tests to snipers

Various measures have been taken to secure the impending exodus of over 15 million home-bound travelers wanting to ...

Earthquake jolts south of West Java

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Sukabumi here on Sunday at 11.54 pm local time. The ...

President promises increased infrastructure spending

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has promised to increase expenditure budget on infrastructure projects as one of ...

Flood inundates tens of houses

Tens of houses and hundreds of hectares of paddy field in West Aceh district were flooded on Sunday following ...

Mount Merapi`s status in W Sumatra lowered to "alert"

The status of Mount Merapi in Tanah Datar district, West Sumatra, has been Lowered to "alert" although it erupted ...

Flood inundates Mamua, C Maluku

Mamua resettlement in Hila village, Leihitu Timur sub-district, Central Maluku, Maluku Province, was inundated ...

Four killed in Ambon landslide

A landslide triggered by two days of incessant rains killed four people of the same family at Bere-Bere area in Maluku ...

Quake jolts Sukabumi

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rocked Sukabumi district, West Java, on Sunday but it did not cause ...

Defense system must be adjusted: Mily chief

Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Admiral Agus Suhartono said the state defense system must be adjusted to ...

Mt Soputan`s alert status raised

Local authorities on Sunday put Mt Soputan in North Sulawesi province on the second highest alert status after it ...

Efforts to create child friendly world facing many challenges

Women`s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar has said efforts to create a child ...

Tapanuli quake leaves 2,511 houses damaged

The magnitude 5.5 earthquake that rocked Tapanuli district in North Sumatra province on June 14 left a total of 2,511 ...

5.1-magnitude aftershock hits North Tapanuli

An aftershock measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale rocked North Tapanuli district, North Sumatra, on Saturday, ...