A string of disasters has prompted Indonesia to draw up a mitigation masterplan. Experts tell CNA that one of the challenges ...

By IntelliNews - Surabaya Bureau Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) has issued a formal warning regarding the systemic impact of environmental hazards on Indonesia's banking and economic ...

An expert advises Jakarta to take steps such as announcing evacuation routes and releasing maps following a pre-eruption alert The eruption of Anak Krakatoa in Indonesia has tested the country's ...

On Sept. 15, the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau sent volcanic ash up to 15,000 meters (50,000 feet) and produced rumbling heard 700 kilometers (435 miles) away. Eight airports suspended operations, ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Roads turned to murky brown rivers, homes were swept away by strong currents and bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods and landslides after torrential rains hit ...

The National Search and Rescue Agency has extended the search operation for another seven days, said Yudhi Bramantyo, the agency’s operation director ...

When tragedy strikes, it is often discussed as a single, horrific event. An earthquake hits, and the ground rumbles and shakes. Homes, offices, and other buildings collapse. Roads cleave open. People ...

Government Communications Agency Head Muhammad Qodari said KRI Sriwijaya-100 is being prepared to support disaster response, ...

Search teams made desperate last-ditch efforts Friday to find survivors, a week on from Indonesia’s devastating quake-tsunami, as the death toll from the disaster rose above 1,500. The city of Palu on ...

JAKARTA: Some 2,200 military personnel and civilian officials from 19 countries are taking part in a major disaster response exercise in Indonesia, the largest exercise under the Asean Defence ...