#WEST SUMATRA FLOOD

Indonesia’s food affairs chief ordered state logistics agency Bulog to deliver twice the required volume of basic goods to flood- and landslide-hit areas across three Sumatra provinces. ...

State logistics agency Bulog has stepped up efforts to support flood and landslide victims in Sumatra, among others, by distributing 73.19tons of rice to communities in Aceh affected by the ...

Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has ordered regional governments to urgently map disaster-prone areas as floods and landslides intensify across Indonesia in recent weeks.Karnavian said the ...

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has disbursed financial aidworth Rp3.72 billion (US$222 thousand) to be used for repairing 80 houses, damaged by the cold lava ...

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar accentuated the role of public-private partnership (PPP) in speeding up forest and land rehabilitation and the construction of nurseries in ...

West Sumatra has prepared 3.8 hectares of land to relocate Tanah Datar district residents whose homes were severely damaged by floods or were in the red zone of Mount Marapi's cold lava flow. ...

Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini assured that the evacuation posts established for victims of Mount Marapi's cold lava flows in West Sumatra are safe and comfortable. In a press release ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) will soon build 200 houses for residents whose homes were damaged or had become uninhabitable due to cold lava floods from Mount Marapi, West ...

West Sumatra Police's elite Mobile Brigade (Brimob) has set up a field kitchen in Sungai Pua village, Agam district, to provide cooked meals to villagers affected severely by cold lava flood from ...

The main Indonesian Naval Base (Lantamal) II Padang has deployed a disaster task force (Satgas) to Anai Valley, Tanah Datar District, West Sumatra, to support search and rescue (SAR) efforts ...