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Climate change has affected the amount of rainfall in Indonesian islands, study suggests
• 5 years agoResearchers think an atmosphere phenomenon affects weather on a weekly-to-monthly time scale, bringing alternate cloudy and sunny periods.
Fire rages across Indonesia's Sumatra, Borneo islands; residents suffer from respiratory problems, sore eyes due to smell of burning foliage
• 5 years agoAround 400 schools were closed on Tuesday in nine districts of Sarawak state on Borneo
Malaysia sends half a million face masks to haze-hit state of Sarawak amid worsening Indonesian forest fires
• 5 years agoMalaysia has sent half a million face masks to its eastern state of Sarawak, where air pollution levels have spiked amid worsening forest fires in neighboring Indonesia, authorities said on Tuesday.
No tsunami threat to India after high-intensity earthquake in Indonesia, says Ministry of Earth Sciences official
• 6 years agoThere is no tsunami threat to India following the high-intensity earthquake in Indonesia on Friday evening, a senior official said.
Major 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia’s Maluku islands causes panic; no tsunami warning issued
• 6 years agoA major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia Sunday, sending panicked residents running into the streets, but no tsunami warning was issued
Indonesia votes in its biggest-ever election: 190 million to decide fate of 245,000 candidates, Joko Widodo up against Prabowo Subianto again
• 6 years agoIndonesia kicked off one of the world's biggest one-day elections on Wednesday, pitting President Joko Widodo against ex-general Prabowo Subianto in a race to lead the Muslim-majority nation.
Indonesia's Lion Air flight crashes in Java Sea: Rescue teams find debris; no clarity on survivors yet
Fp Staff • 6 years agoIndonesia’s search and rescue agency confirmed the crash of Lion Air flight JT610, adding that it lost contact with ground officials 13 minutes after takeoff, and a tug boat leaving the capital’s port saw it fall.
Indonesia's latest tsunami raises global questions over disaster preparedness, highlights need for much research
• 6 years agoThe Indonesia tsunami should be a wake-up call to step up research on tsunami triggers and preparedness, several experts said.
Indonesia's 'volcanic tsunami': Toll climbs to 373; rescue teams continue hunt for survivors, haul debris around Sunda Strait
• 6 years agoIndonesia's disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho gave an updated toll late Monday. He said, "Some 1,459 people were injured with another 128 missing."
Indonesia may take the long road to recovery after two tsunamis, raging forest fires and an airline crash in 2018
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe tsunami on Sunda Strait is the second deadly tsunami in Indonesia that is already hit by an air crash, forest fires and floods