#natural disasters

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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 ...

Bali facing environmental problems from rapid tourism development

Bali is facing complicated environmental problems as a result of rapid development of its tourism sector during the ...

Mozambique storms, floods kill 12: police, state media

Lightning killed eight churchgoers in central Mozambique with a separate storm and floods raising the death toll to ...

Queensland flood affects 79 Indonesians

Around 79 Indonesians in Queensland have been forced to evacuate to safer places due to the big flood that has been ...

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 ...

Indonesian organization to organize int`l youth forum on climate change

2007 Nobel peace prize laureate and former US Vice President Al Gore`s hope on Indonesia to popularize climate change ...

Beware of global issues affecting RI`s economy: President

Indonesians have been warned to beware of global crisis issues that could have a serious impact on its economic ...

Al Gore Hopes Indonesia to popularize climate change handling

2007 Nobel peace laureate Al Gore hoped that more and more people in Asia and the Pacific, particularly in Indonesia, ...

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 ...

Ninety fishermen in Mataram hit by high waves

Some 94 fishermen in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, had been hit by high and strong waves damaging and inundating their ...

RI hit by 644 disasters in 2010 : BNPB

Indonesia was hit by 644 natural disasters in 2010, National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Chief Syamsul Maarif ...

Water, weather-related disasters to increase in Q1 2011

There will be an increase in hydrometeorological disasters in Indonesia, especially in the January-March period, ...