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JAKARTA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Japan will deploy three CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters and their 180 crew in Indonesia this weekend to help contain wildfires, Indonesian defence officials said on ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra: Sumatran tiger confirmed killed by snare in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Officials have confirmed that a Sumatran tiger was found killed by a snare in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province in late July, after farmers had ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra: Indonesia cancels flights as Anak Krakatau volcano erupts
Volcanic ash spread across parts of Jakarta and Lampung province on Sumatra’s southern tip, Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said.
News Indonesia » West Sumatra: Indonesia volcano eruption cancels hundreds of flights at major airport hub
AirNav Indonesia closed airspace around Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports in Jakarta, as well as four other airports, including Radin Inten II Airport in Lampung, because of volcanic ash ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra: Indonesia opens airports after volcano strands 350,000 travellers
Indonesia reopens airports after volcanic eruption strands 350,000 travellers - Anak Krakatau’s continuous eruption, marked by lava fountains and loud booms, ended on Sunday, but the volcano remained ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra: Sumatra villages count cost of deadly river tsunami swelled by illegal logging
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Several days of extreme rainfall beginning March 7 triggered fatal flash flooding across Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, resulting in at least ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra: Floods and cold lava kill 37 in Indonesia's West Sumatra
TANAH DATAR, Indonesia — Flash floods and mud slide s in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province killed at least 43 people over the weekend while a search for 15 missing people continued, authorities said ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra: US embassy issues Indonesia natural disaster alert over volcanic eruption
The embassy issued its Natural Disaster Alert on September 1, a day after Mount Sinabung erupted on Sumatra.
News Indonesia » West Sumatra: Indonesia death toll rises to 303 after catastrophic flooding in Sumatra
Rescue workers in Indonesia are continuing to battle to reach victims in several devastated areas submerged by cyclone-driven torrential rain over the past week, as authorities said the death toll has ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra: Mount Marapi erupts in Indonesia's West Sumatra, spewing ash on nearby towns
Dec. 3 (UPI) --Mount Marapi erupted on Sunday in Indonesia's West Sumatra province, sending a gargantuan plume of ash and smoke almost two miles into the sky that later covered nearby towns. The ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra: Killer Indonesian Earthquake Shatters West Sumatra City
JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – At least 1,000 people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a severe earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of West Sumatra on Wednesday ...