#FLOODS SUMATRA

President Prabowo Subianto pledged to rebuild all homes that were destroyed or lost during the floods and landslides that have swept through the northern part of Sumatra since last November. While ...

Minister of Housing and Settlements Maruarar Sirait stated that the housing relocation for flood- and landslide-affected residents in Sumatra will be accelerated in line with President Prabowo ...

Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas Maruarar Sirait said his ministry has prepared housing assistance for victims of floods and landslides in Sumatra. In a Thursday statement, he said ...

The Indonesian Ministry of Culture has raised Rp1.5 billion (around US$90,000) to help manage the impact of floods and landslides on cultural heritage sites in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. ...

Indonesia’s Forestry MinisterRaja Juli Antoni said Thursday that authorities have identified 12 companies suspected of contributing to the hydrometeorological disasters that devastated ...

Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry is investigating whether timber carried by recent floods in Sumatra originated from illegal logging and permit fraud schemes. Director ...

Indonesia awoke this week to scenes of devastation across Sumatra, where days of relentless rain triggered floods and landslides that killed residents, displaced tens of thousands, and forced entire ...

As a country located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters such as volcano eruption, earthquake, and tsunami, and hence its residents must be prepared for that. ...

Gubernur Sumatera Selatan Herman Deru mengirimkan bantuan untuk korban bencana banjir dan longsor di Kabupaten Lahat. Bantuan berupa kebutuhan pokok dan pakaian itu pemberangkatannya di lepas ...

Landslides and flash flood hit three sub-districts in Lahat District, South Sumatra Province, on Thursday morning after two local rivers overflowed their banks owing to torrential rains. The ...