#wildfires

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Several Indonesian regions brace for drought

Several regional authorities have been reminded to intensify the monitoring for possible forest fires and droughts, ...

Indonesia to face drier dry season this year

Forecasting that this year's dry season will be drier as compared to that of the previous year, the Meteorology, ...

Terra and Aqua Satellites detect 165 hotspots in Riau, Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua Satellites, on Wednesday morning, detected a total of 187 hotspots on Sumatra Island, including 165 ...

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Prioritizing preventive measures against forest fires

The Indonesian authorities have claimed that te number of forest fires had reduced some 85 percent over the past ...

Rp1 trillion spent on fighting land fires in 2018

The government spent Rp1 trillion for fighting wildfires on peatlands in South Sumatra province last year, Chief of the ...

10 helicopters, one Cassa deployed to fight Riau's forest fires

The Indonesian government has deployed 10 helicopters and a Cassa aircraft to extinguish forest and land fires in Riau ...

Ministry focuses on preventive measures against forest fires

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry`s Forest and Land Fire Control Brigade, Manggala Agni, and ...

Death toll hits 48 in California`s worst wildfire disaster

The remains of six more fire victims were found on Tuesday in a northern California town overrun by flames last week, ...

Miley Cyrus, Neil Young lose homes in Malibu wildfires

Singers Miley Cyrus and Neil Young were among hundreds of people who lost their homes in  wildfires that ...

Warning of hydrometeorological disasters issued during rainy season

The rainy season has set in quite late over certain regions but has already induced floods and landslides, claiming ...

News Focus -Floods strike Sumatra as rainy season begins

Rainy season has begun in some parts of Indonesia, particularly on Sumatra Island, but the dry season has continued in ...

Prolonged drought triggers wildfires on mountains in Java

Some parts of Indonesia`s regions have entered the rainy season, while several others, such as Java and Nusa Tenggara ...

Wildfires raze part of Mount Ciremai and Mount Slamet forest areas

Wildfires have razed parts of the forest areas on Mount Ciremai, located in Kuningan, West Java Province, and Mount ...

Ministry detects over three thousand hotspots across country

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) had until early this month detected over three thousand hotspots ...

Wildfire razes part of Mt Sadran forest area

A forest area located on the slope of Mount Sadran in Broto Village, Slahung Sub-district, Ponorogo District, East ...