Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country's main island of ...

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) noted that this heightened rainfall potential stems from various factors.

PIKIRAN RAKYAT – Antisipasi gempa megathrust perlu dilakukan semua pihak. Upaya mitigasi harus diupayakan pemerintah, BMKG, ...

In Bogor, weather will be rainy in Gunung Sindur, Rumpi, Jasinga, Parung Panjang, and Tenjo regions. Meanwhile, in Tangerang ...

In a New Year message, Cardinal Bo of Myanmar, the incoming president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), has appealed for closeness, solidarity and support for the survivors of ...

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake Monday off the coast of Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture, officials said. The U.S. Geological ...

JAKARTA, 23rd December, 2018 (WAM) -- A tsunami killed at least 62 people on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra and injured hundreds following an underwater landslide caused by a volcanic ...

On average, once every five years a large tsunami happens in Indonesia, mostly on the islands of Sumatra and Java. In general, damage done to the infrastructure exceeds the loss of lives. There are ...

JAKARTA :Indonesia's unaudited budget deficit for 2024 was smaller than the government's earlier estimate, official data showed on Monday, providing a buffer for fiscal needs in 2025 after ...

A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday off the coast of El Salvador, shaking residences in many parts of the country but there was no risk of a tsunami, the country's environment ...