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Flooding and landslides will remain the predominant type of disasters in Indonesia in 2019, a repeat of what happened in 2018 when thousands of natural disasters happened, a government disaster office has projected.
The last day of 2018 saw a fatal landslide in Sukabumi, West Java, which (...)
Survivors in the district of Banten begin rebuilding their shattered lives amid calls for better tsunami early warning system.
Banten, Indonesia - Ahmad Hidayat’s smile seemed strangely incongruous given the mess that lay around him.
I have seen that smile before in Indonesia - a natural (...)
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) officially raised the status of Mount Anak Krakatau from Alert Level II to Alert Level III (siaga III) following the intensified volcanic activities coming from the mountain since early this morning.
“The (...)
Coastal residents near Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano have been warned to keep away from beaches amid fears it could trigger a new tsunami.
On Saturday, giant waves crashed into coastal towns on the islands of Sumatra and Java, killing at least 281 people and injuring 1,016.
It is thought (...)
A tsunami hit Banten and Lampung on Saturday at 9:27 p.m. The tsunami was caused by an abnormal tidal wave surge due to a full moon and an underwater landslide following the eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano.
The tsunami reached as high as 3 meters, according to Rachmat Triyono, the head (...)
Friday, 28 September was the first and, it turned out, only day of the Nomoni cultural festival in Palu, a city in the heart of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. Nomoni means ‘resounding’ or ‘ringing’ in the indigenous Kaili language; Palu’s mayor revived the vaguely animist celebration three years ago to (...)
On Saturday, National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNBP) spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho shared a time-lapse of satellite imagery on his Instagram account, showing how liquefaction devastated neighborhoods on Sept. 28 in Palu, Central Sulawesi.
“Process of soil liquefaction in Petobo Housing (...)
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) says that since 2012 Indonesia has had no functioning early tsunami detection buoys.
“Since 2012 no buoys have been operational, yet they are needed for early warning. You can check with the BMKG [Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (...)
Indonesia rocked by deadly magnitude 6.5 quake. Scores of people died in the earthquake in Indonesia’s Aceh province.
Indonesia’s national disaster mitigation agency said 78 people suffered serious injuries and dozens more were feared trapped in collapsed and damaged buildings.
The death toll (...)
Sleman, Yogyakarta — Although three months have passed since the recent devastating eruptions of Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, most of the temporary shelters the government promised to build for displaced victims are not yet ready for occupation, according to a local official.
“Many of the shelters (...)
Over the last month, as I have been staying in Yogyakarta, I have witnessed the unfolding of the Merapi volcanic disaster. Merapi first erupted on October 26 followed by more eruptions until another major eruption on November 5. The fallout of the eruptions has been more than 200 casualties, (...)
SITUATION ANALYSIS by Team News Jalin Merapi- Friday, November 12, 2010 (translated and abridged by Zoe Kenny)
Merapi disaster refugees are suffering physical and mental fatigue due to having to constantly move between the refugee camps. Changes in conditions, especially after the large (...)
Statement by Alliance of Peoples’ Struggles (ARM)
Starting from November 5 2010, the national SBY-Budiono government decided that the Merapi volcano eruption disaster would be led by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). The BNPB Chief will also be helped by the Governor of Yogyakarta (...)
MERAPI DISASTER APPEAL When the government fails, the people must act
6 November 2010
The Alliance of People’s Struggle (ARM), a coalition of womens’, students’, labour and peasant organisations, based in Yogyakarta is appealing for emergency aid to help people affected by the eruptions from (...)
On 22 February, 2007 hundreds of members of The National Liberation party of Unity ( Papernas) staged a protest outside of President Palace and ministry of wealth and governor office, demanded their responsibilty to recover flood victims and restore and build flood-prevention infrastructure. (...)
Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta — Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso is still a popular target of protests by victims of recent floods. Carrying children on their hips, on Wednesday February 21 hundreds of housewives rallied to call on the Number 1 person in Jakarta to resign.
The housewives, who came (...)
A week before disaster, Indonesian government has announced the warning of heavy rains that may cause flood in certain area. Yet it did not inform about what to do or where to go or where to ask for assistance in case of flood.
since 2 February 2007 People who settle in Pedongkelan, a slum (...)
JAKARTA (AP): Heavy rains from Wednesday evening through Thursday afternoon have caused flooding in Jakarta due to poor drainage system and lack of flood control facilities. Flooding in Jakarta has not only affected around 75 percent of the city but also affected it closest regions like Bogor, (...)
Detik.com - February 8, 2007
Jakarta — Around 200 residents who said they were flood victims protested at the House of Representatives (DPR) building in South Jakarta demanding that Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso resign from his post.
The majority of the demonstrators were housewives and (...)
FROM Hurricane Katrina to the Kashmir earthquake, a string of recent natural disasters has laid bare some very unnatural structures of privilege and power. Indonesians know this better than anyone. First the Boxing Day tsunami, which claimed 170,000, lives in Aceh in 2004, then the Yogyakarta (...)
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