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Indonesia has allocated Rp703 billion to repair and rebuild homes damaged by floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » People: 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 » People: Indonesia races to evacuate stranded residents as flood death toll hits 61
PADANG, Indonesia, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Rescuers on Indonesia's flood- and landslide-hit Sumatra island rushed on Thursday to pull stranded residents out of fast-flowing muddy waters that smashed ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » People: Indonesia intensifies aerial firefighting as wildfire haze spreads to Malaysia
Indonesia has intensified ground and aerial firefighting operations as forest and peatland fires fueled by El Nino-driven drought and a prolonged dry season scorched tens of thousands of hectares, ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » People: Indonesia floods death toll rises to 442 as people hunt for food and water
The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Indonesia has risen to 442, according to a tally published by the national disaster agency, as desperate people hunt for food and water. The ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » People: Indonesia police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires
Indonesia police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest and peatland fires - Indonesia has been battling fires driven by an intensifying El Niño pattern and a prolonged dry season, generating d ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » People: Death toll from floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rises to 248
AGAM, Indonesia — Rescue workers in Indonesia struggled on Saturday to reach victims in several devastated areas that were hit by an earthquake and tsunami, and authorities feared the confirmed death ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » People: After Deadly Floods in Sumatra, Indonesia Moves Against Polluters
When torrential rains triggered floods and landslides across three provinces in Sumatra late last year, entire villages were swept away, more than 1,200 people were killed and forests upstream ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » People: Muslims gather for rain prayers in Indonesia's wildfire-hit South Sumatra
PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra, the province with the highest number of wildfire hot spots, turned to spiritual measures on Tuesday as huge blazes in central and ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » People: Indonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People walk along the Ampera Bridge as haze from wildfires blankets the city of Palembang, in South Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, ...