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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — More than 70 people have died and dozens are still missing after flash floods and landslides hit Indonesia and neighboring East Timor, officials said Monday. “There are 55 dead, but this number is very dynamic and will definitely change, while some 42 people are still missing,” Indonesia disaster management agency spokesman Raditya Djati told broadcaster MetroTV. At least 16 people had also died in East Timor, said an official in the […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least 44 people were killed after flash floods and landslides swept an island in Indonesia’s easternmost province Sunday morning, rescue officials said, adding they expected the toll to rise. “There are 44 people dead with nine injured” in East Flores regency, and “many (…) are still under the mud”, National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati told AFP. Hours before people woke to celebrate a holiday, torrential rain unleashed flash […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Rescuers were searching for 17 missing fishermen after two boats collided in waters off Indonesia’s West Java province, officials said Sunday. A fishing ship hit a larger cargo vessel on Saturday evening off Indramayu regency, flipping the wooden boat’s 32 crew members into the water, said Bandung rescue agency spokeswoman Seni Wulandari. “Some 15 survivors have been evacuated to the cargo vessel but the team is still searching for 17 other […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — The cockpit voice recorder from a crashed Indonesian jet has been retrieved in “good condition”, officials said Wednesday, more than two months after the airliner plunged into the sea killing all 62 passengers and crew. The CVR records flight crew conversations and could offer critical clues about why the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 dived around 3,000 metres (10,000 feet) into waters off Jakarta just minutes after takeoff on January 9. […]
by Andi Hajramurni Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — An Indonesian cathedral was rocked by a suicide bombing on Sunday with body parts littering the chaotic scene as Christians inside celebrated the start of the Catholic Church’s Holy Week. The powerful blast at the church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island happened around 10:30 am local time (0330 GMT) and left at least 14 church officials and congregants injured by debris, police said. […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A bus carrying dozens of pilgrims plunged down a steep ravine on Indonesia’s Java island, killing at least 27 people including junior high school students, authorities said Thursday. Rescuers worked through the night using cranes to pluck injured survivors from the wreckage after the fatal crash late Wednesday in West Java’s Sumedang district. The bus carrying 66 passengers was travelling on a winding, poorly lit road when it plunged down the […]
MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) — An Indonesian volcano erupted on Tuesday morning spewing a spectacular column of ash thousands of metres (feet) into a powder blue sky. Vulcanologists recorded 13 separate blasts as Mount Sinabung leapt to life, belching debris up to 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) above Sumatra. There was no immediate danger to life or property, authorities said, with a five-kilometre (three-mile) ring around the volcano having been left unoccupied over recent years. No evacuation […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Forty-six small whales stranded on a beach in Indonesia have died, after rescue efforts succeeded in saving three others, local officials said Friday. Starting Thursday, at least 49 short-finned pilot whales arrived at a beach on Madura Island in northern Java, authorities said in a statement. Large crowds gathered as a rescue operation was launched, with volunteers using tarpaulins or just their bare hands to try to push the pod […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia Whole neighbourhoods of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and dozens of major roads were flooded on Saturday after torrential rains pounded the Southeast Asian city overnight. More than 1,300 residents have been evacuated to temporary shelters, with parts of the capital under four to nine feet (1.2 to 2.7 metres) of water. Images showed rescuers on rafts battling to evacuate the elderly and children from submerged houses in hard-hit southern and eastern areas of […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted on Friday, belching out fiery red lava. The volcano, close to Indonesia’s cultural capital Yogyakarta on Java island, had already spewed lava almost two dozen times over the two last days and caused hundreds of minor volcanic quakes, according to a report by Indonesia’s geological agency. “This morning, lava avalanches were observed seven times,” the agency said, with the […]
by Agnes ANYA Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Market traders were among the first to benefit from Indonesia’s second phase of mass vaccinations against the coronavirus on Wednesday, as the government looks to right the country’s pandemic-battered economy. Medical teams are now focusing on workers in close contact with the public and people over 60, authorities announced, after a first phase prioritising health workers, 1.1 million of whom have been vaccinated according to […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least nine people have died and 10 are missing after a landslide caused by torrential rains swept away several homes in Indonesia, officials said Monday, with hundreds forced to flee their flooded homes. Twenty-one people were initially reported missing after the disaster struck Sunday evening in a rural part of East Java. Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency said it had found nine bodies, but was still searching for 10 […]
