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Landslides, No. 1 Killer in Indonesia in 2014

Being located in the Pacifics ring of fire and comprising over 17 thousand islands, Indonesia is prone to natural ...

Landslide forces hundreds of Wonosobo villagers to evacuate

A landslide hit Garung Lor village in Sukoharjo sub-district, Wonosob District, Central Java Province, on Saturday, ...

January peak month of natural disasters :Agency

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said, based on observation to national disaster pattern, Indonesia has ...

Indonesia's Banten Province prepared to face natural disasters

As many as 360 volunteers in Lebak District, Banten Province, have been trained and equipped with evacuation tools to ...

Flooding spreads to wider areas in indonesia

In the past two weeks, floods and landslides have hit parts of Indonesia, particularly Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, and ...

3,500 Indonesian police officers to be deployed at flood-hit areas

The Police Headquarters will deploy 3,500 police officers at several areas in Indonesian that have been hit by floods, ...

President urges regional governments to remain alert until March

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the regional governments to remain alert for potential natural ...

47 sub-districts in Sukabumi prone to landslides

All the 47 sub-districts of the Sukabumi District, in the West Java province, are susceptible to landslides, according ...

Storms destroy hundreds of houses in East Java

Storms have swept across the regency of Jember in East Java destroying and damaging hundreds of houses, last weekend, ...

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, ...

Impacts of Cyclone Narelle, Typhoon Bopha make Indonesia very windy

Indonesia has been very windy over the past two weeks as the impacts of Cyclone Narelle that has been developing in ...

Flash flood damages 500 houses in E Java

Flash flood hit 500 houses in Situbondo district, East Java, last Saturday night, Situbondo District`s Chief of ...

Flood inundating thousand houses in S Sumatra for week

The flood that has inundated thousand houses in Banyuasin district, South Sumatra, since a week ago has not yet ...

Whirlwinds strike S Sulawesi`s villages, killing one

Whirlwinds hit 11 sub districts in Pinrang District, South Sulawesi Province, on Monday evening, killing one person ...

Landslides and floods to hit ri in 2013: Official

Some parts of Indonesia could be hit by landslides and floods before April 2013, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a ...