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Indonesia speeds up housing relocation for Sumatra disaster victims

Jakarta, Dec. 7 -- Minister of Housing and Settlements Maruarar Sirait stated that the housing relocation for flood- and landslide-affected residents in Sumatra will be accelerated in line with Presid... Read More


Prabowo orders swift restoration of flood-damaged land routes

Jakarta, Dec. 7 -- Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the immediate restoration of land routes severed by floods and landslides in Sumatra, during a limited meeting at his residence in... Read More


Indonesia releases elderly Dutch drug convict for repatriation

Sidoarjo, East Java, Dec. 7 -- An elderly drug convict from the Netherlands, Ali Tokman bin Muharram, has been released from his prison in Surabaya, East Java, ahead of his impending repatriation to h... Read More


Some schools in Sumatra to be relocated after floods, minister says

Jakarta, Dec. 7 -- Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti stated that several schools will need to be relocated from disaster-prone areas in Sumatra, following floods and landslides t... Read More


West Sumatra may extend disaster emergency status

Kota Padang, Dec. 7 -- West Sumatra Governor Mahyeldi said the province's disaster emergency status is likely to be extended, as most districts and cities remain in the emergency response phase and re... Read More


TNI deploys 30,864 personnel to support Sumatra flood response

Jakarta, Dec. 7 -- Deputy Head of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) Information Center, Brigadier General Osmar Silalahi, noted that 30,864 TNI personnel have been deployed to accelerate disa... Read More


Social Affairs Ministry sends aid worth Rp66.7B to flood-hit Sumatra

Jakarta, Dec. 7 -- The Ministry of Social Affairs has sent assistance worth Rp66.7 billion (around US$3.99 million) as of Sunday, to support flood- and landslide-affected residents in Aceh, North Suma... Read More


Sumatra flash floods and landslides leave 914 dead, BNPB says

Jakarta, Dec. 7 -- A total of 914 people have died following flash floods and landslides that struck three provinces in Sumatra, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed in Banda Aceh ... Read More


Sumatra disaster a challenge we must overcome: President Prabowo

Jakarta, Dec. 7 -- President Prabowo Subianto described the major floods and landslides that swept the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra as a "challenge" of the first year of his pres... Read More


East Java Provincial Government opens public kitchen in Aceh Tamiang

Banda Aceh, Dec. 7 -- The East Java Provincial Government, through the Disaster Preparedness Cadets (Tagana), has opened a public kitchen in Aceh Tamiang District, Aceh, to support food distribution f... Read More