The Indonesian Government will double its disaster response budget to 15 trillion rupiah (1.06 billion USD) in 2019 after a series of major natural disasters devastated three regions of the vast archipelago last year.
Indonesia’s National Disaster and Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on October 1 said more heavy equipment and manpower are needed to find bodies of earthquake and tsunami victims in Central Sulawesi province
Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrived in visited Palu city on Sulawesi island, the hardest hit by the powerful earth quake and tsunami, on September 30.
The death toll from a strong earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province has climbed to 832, and the figure is expected to increase, said according to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) on September 30.
At least five people went missing after a tsunami ravaged Palu, a small city on Sulawesi island in the central part of Indonesia on September 28 after a number of strong earthquakes had hit the area earlier the same day, announced national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
A 7.7 magnitude quake struck off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on September 28, prompting a tsunami alert hours after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake destroyed houses in the same area.
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia on August 28, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The death toll from an earthquake that struck Lombok Island of Indonesia on August 5 has exceeded 430, while economic losses are estimated at over 340 million USD as of August 13.
Around 7,000 foreign tourists had been evacuated from Gili Trawangan, Gili Air and Gili Meno islands in Indonesia as of August 7, after a recent 7-magnitude earthquake struck the nearby tourist island of Lombok with the death toll climbing to 105.
Indonesia’s Bali resort island reopened Ngurah Rai International Airport at 1:30 pm on June 29 (local time) after Mount Agung’s eruption disrupted hundreds of flights and left thousands stranded.
Mount Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia, sent out a column of ash of 3,500 meters to the air in the morning of May 22, forcing people living in the radius of 3 km to leave to safer grounds.
An earthquake measuring 6.6 richter scale struck off Bengkulu province, western Indonesia on August 13, the local meteorology and geophysics agency said.
Mount Kanlaon in central Philippines, 150 kilometres to the south of Manila, erupted on June 18, spewing columns of ash about 1,500 metres into the air.
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