#natural disasters

Collection of natural disasters news, found 182 news.

Landslide in East Luwu claims seven lives

A landslide triggered by downpour, on Friday morning, killed seven people and seriously injured seven others in the ...

University of Indonesia successfully creates research innovations on disaster mitigation

The University of Indonesias (UI) teaching staff and students have successfully developed and created several ...

Kalla asks PMI volunteers to be ready for overseas deployment

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has asked volunteers from the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) to be ready for an overseas ...

Natural disasters inflict Rp30 trillion loss per year in Indonesia

Indonesia suffers an average of Rp30 trillion in economic losses per year due to natural disasters, Head of the ...

Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced heavy rainy season

Indonesia was hit hard by the El Nino weather phenomenon last year and has been described by experts as one of the ...

Indonesia govt optimistic of achieving its tourism target in 2015

The Indonesian government is optimistic that it will achieve the target of attracting 10 million foreign tourists this ...

P&G Releases 2015 Sustainability Report, Detailing Progress against 2020 Environmental and Social Goals

- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) released its 17th annual sustainability report ...

NTT Communications Opens Top-Scale Data Center in Thailand

- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within ...

Myanmar urges ASEAN leaders to address climate change

Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Sunday urged leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member ...

Natural Disasters in Indonesia Not Over Yet

Over the last few months, various regions in Indonesia have been hit by natural disasters such as floods, landslides, ...

President Yudhoyono kicks off consultation on disaster risk reduction

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the State Palace, here on Tuesday officially opened the Global Thematic ...

President asks people to stay away from black campaigns

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appealed to all sides on Tuesday to stay away from black campaigns ahead of the ...

news focus - natural disasters remain challenge to asia-pacific`s robust economic growth b - (d)

Apart from the slowdown of world`s economy due to crisis in the United States and some European countries, natural ...

Pertamina to evaluate geothermal drilling operations

A state owned oil and gas company, PT Pertamina, is set to evaluate geothermal drilling operations after a landslide ...

Rains cause landslides and floods in N Sulawesi

Landslides and floods triggered by high rainfall hit a number of areas in North Sulawesi province on Sunday but no ...