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Merapi cold lava flows still pose threat

Cold lava floods from Mount Merapi still pose a threat to residents of Magelang District, particularly those residing ...

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 ...

Rupiah weakens 10 points early Wednesday

The rupiah weakened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market here Wednesday on profit taking ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hatta: Climate, oil price changes greatest challenge in 2011

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa said climate change and oil price fluctuations would pose the ...

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, ...

Oil palm, mining wastes biggest polluters in 2010

Wastes from oil palm plantations and mining operations were the greatest polluters of the environmet in 2010, the ...

Five of Indonesia`s great lakes polluted in 2010, Walhi

Five big lakes in Indonesia were in 2010 polluted by pollutants from mining activity and oil palm plantations, an ...

Volcanic material on Opak river removed

Vulcanic material of Mount Merapi piling up on Opak River is removed to prevent hardened lava flood from engulfing ...