#prolonged drought

Collection of prolonged drought news, found 88 news.

Rainfall intensity rising every year: meteorology agency

The intensity of rainfall is rising year by year, while the La Nina and El Nino cycles are becoming shorter, according ...

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Indonesia braces for extreme dry season amid COVID-19

As it battles the coronavirus pandemic, Indonesia, which is currently entering the dry season, is bracing for a ...

Rice plantation sooner as precaution against food crisis amid pandemic

The Agriculture Ministry is implementing a program called the Paddy Planting Acceleration Movement in several regions ...

Ensuring water availability important for realizing food resilience

Yanto Ph.D, a hydrological and water resources expert at the Jenderal Soedirman University, highlighted the criticality ...

Wildfire exhumes two hectares of peatland in Aceh

A wildfire scorched two hectares of peatland area in Lamie Village, Darul Makmur Sub-district, Nagan Raya District, ...

Bintan island prone to water crisis annually: expert

Bintan island, a tourist resort in Riau Islands Province, is prone to water crisis annually, because of poor water ...

Floods submerge two villages in South Sumatra

Flooding has inundated the villages of Curup and Sukaraja in Tanah Abang Sub-district, Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir ...

Flash flooding swamps numerous homes in Ijen, Bondowoso, East Java

A flash flood submerged hundreds of homes in Sempol Village, Ijen Sub-district, Bondowoso District, East Java Province, ...

Floods inundate five sub-districts in Bandung District, West Java

Floods, arising from continuous torrential rains since Tuesday, hit five sub-districts in Bandung District, West Java ...

NTT regions still experience extreme drought

Extreme and prolonged drought until the end of November 2019 has continued to impact several regions in East Nusa ...

BMKG confirms detection of 136 hotspots in 12 NTT districts

Some 136 hotspots of wildfires were detected throughout East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province, according to the ...

Hundreds of homes flooded in West Aceh

Hundreds of home in five villages in West Aceh District, Aceh Province, have been submerged by flood waters reaching a ...

Over one thousand people affected by West Aceh flooding

As many as 1,067 people from 332 families have been affected by the flooding in the East Woyla Sub-district of West ...

Flooding swamps some 500 homes in Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra

Eight villages in Siabu Sub-district, Mandailing Natal District, North Sumatra Province, are under deluge, with at ...

Strong wind impedes firefighting efforts on Mt Arjuno, Mt Welirang

Strong wind played spoilsport in the aerial firefighting efforts to put out wildfires on the slopes of Mount Arjuno and ...