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BMKG installs five digital accelerographs in North Sumatra

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) is installing digital accelerographs at five different ...

Seven illegal gold miners apprehended in crackdown in West Aceh

The West Aceh police cracked down on seven traditional gold miners and shut down two illegal gold mining pits in the ...

PMI dispatches two Hagglunds to Mount Merapi's disaster zones

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) dispatched two Hagglunds to areas potentially affected by Mount Merapi's escalating ...

Floods inundate 126 homes in South Solok, West Sumatra

Floods triggered by unremitting torrential rains that led to the Batang Pangian and Batang Geringging rivers to ...

Jakarta budget heavy on flood mitigation efforts

The Jakarta government said it will focus its 2020 revised budget on pushing flood mitigation efforts, such as ...

Tens of houses in Bangka Belitung Islands ravaged by whirlwind

A whirlwind that swept through two neighborhood areas of Belinyu Sub-district, Bangka District, Bangka Belitung ...

One student killed, another missing after flash flood in W Lombok

One student from the Attamimy Islamic Boarding School died and another went missing after they were swept away in a ...

Indonesia increases number of evacuee camps over La Nina impact

The Indonesian government has increased the number of evacuee camps, especially in disaster-prone areas, as a ...

Government lists seven mitigation strategies as La Nina looms

Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo, has outlined seven strategies to anticipate and mitigate the impact of ...

Floods swamp residential areas in Bekasi

Flood waters reaching a height of up to 1.9 meters swamped several residential areas located on river banks connecting ...

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Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced hydrometeorological disasters

The onset of monsoons in most Indonesian regions in September have also triggered flooding in several provinces, ...

Landslide in Muara Enim, South Sumatra claims 11 lives: BNPB

An official confirmed that 11 died after a landslide hit a 20-feet-deep coal mine tunnel in Tanjung Lalang Village, ...

Indonesia records 2,276 natural disasters since early January

Indonesia recorded a total of 2,276 natural disasters in the year ending October 17, 2020, according to the National ...

Flash flood hits two sub-districts of Central Sulawesi

Incessant and heavy rains over the past few days triggered a flash flood in the sub-districts of Banawa Tengah and ...

Task force warns of COVID-19 transmission in refugee shelters

The COVID-19 task force has warned of potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission in refugee shelters as the threat of natural ...