#natural disaster

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Brazil flood deaths rise to 369; rescuers struggle

Rescue workers struggled on Thursday to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 356 ...

Govt urged to monitor Indonesians affected by A`lian floods

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has been urged to closely monitor the conditions of thousands of Indonesian citizens ...

Walhi: Environmental damage to increase 50-70 pct in 2011

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) predicts that environmental damage in Indonesia in 2011 will increase ...

RI donates US$1 mln for Australian flood victims

Indonesia has donated one million US dollars to help flood victims in Queensland, Australia, according to a ...

Whirlwind hits five villages

A whirlwind hit five villages in Banyumas District, Central Java, on Wednesday morning. The four villages located ...

Floods inundate Semarang, Pontianak

Floods triggered by heavy rains have inundated Semarang (Central Java) and Pontianak (West Kalimantan) over the past ...

Ukp4 to Submit Evaluation Reports Tomorrow

The UKP4 plans to submit its evaluation reports on ministries and institutions to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ...

Rumored death toll in Medan flood still unconfirmed

The North Sumatra office of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) on Thursday was still unable to confirm rumors about a ...

Hundreds of families evacuated from N Sumatra`s flood zone

Several hundreds of families in Tanjung Anom village, Deli Serdang district, in the outskirt of Medan city, North ...

Medan`s Floods Displace Tens Of Families

Tens of families fled their flood-hit houses in Kelambir Lima hamlet, Tanjung Gusta subdistrict, North Sumatra city of ...

Strong earthquake shakes Mentawai

An earthquake measuring 5.8 at the Richter scale again hit Mentawai islands, West Sumatra province, on Wednesday at ...

Govt provides Rp25 billion to overcome lava`s impact

The government has set aside Rp25 billion to rehabilitate infrastructure damaged by lava floods from Mount Merapi on ...

RI enters 2011 cautious over natural disasters

Less than a week into the new year of 2011, floods have been reported happening in several cities in Indonesia ...

Govt does not consider Bromo eruptions extraordinary event

The government has been handling the impacts of the on-going Mount Bromo eruptions in East Java through general ...

Deli river overflows hundreds of houses submerged

Hundreds of houses in the Deli river had been submerged 50 centimeters to one meter deep following the overflow of the ...