Latest National Disaster Mitigation Agency News & Updates

Jakarta, May 9 (IANS) Search and rescue teams continue to look for three missing climbers following the eruption of Mount Dukono, Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on Saturday.Abdul Muhari, BNPB’s Head of Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Centre, on Saturday said that two of the missing climbers are foreign nationals and one an Indonesian.”On the second day of the operation, the team focused the search on an area believed to be where the victims were located…

Jakarta, April 4 (IANS) Flooding in Demak regency, Indonesia’s Central Java province, has forced around 3,000 residents to evacuate, with one person reported missing, the country’s National Disaster Management Agency said on Saturday. The disaster was triggered by heavy rainfall in upstream areas, which increased water discharge and caused embankments in Dukuh Solowere and Dukuh Selodoko to collapse, inundating nearby residential areas.”A total of 1,070 households, or 4,280 people, were affected…

Jakarta, Jan 6 (IANS) The death toll from flash floods and landslides that struck Indonesia’s eastern province of North Sulawesi has risen to 16, while three others remain missing, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said.The disaster hit Sitaro Islands Regency at around 2:30 a.m. on Monday (local time) after hours of torrential rain triggered river overflows, BNPB said on Tuesday.According to the agency, at least 148 houses across four districts were affected, with seven destroyed, 2…