A leader of search and rescue agency of Indonesia’s central Sulawesi province said on June 5 that 19 people were reported missing after a cargo vessel sank in Banggai Laut waters, the east of the province on June 1.
The Japanese and Indonesian governments have agreed to foster cooperation in disaster mitigation following humanitarian aid and disaster mitigation programmes in the wake of powerful earthquakes and tsunami in Central Sulawesi province.
Spokesman of the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency Sutopo Purwo Nurgroho said on October 28 that the reconstruction and rehabilitation programme following the disastrous quakes and tsunami will begin next month.
The Indonesian Government has announced a plan to build a new city to replace the old city of Palu in Central Sulawesi province, which was recently ravaged by earthquakes and tsunami that killed over 2,000 and forced tens of thousands of others to evacuate.
The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) was one of the first organisations that worked with the Indonesian Government to support local people and ease impacts of recent natural disasters.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged 1 billion USD in emergency assistance fund to support Indonesia's reconstruction efforts in areas affected by earthquakes and subsequent tsunami in Central Sulawesi province.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s staff have raised a total of 2 billion Rupiah (around 131,000 USD) to assist survivors of earthquakes and subsequent tsunami in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province as well as quake-affected people in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on October 3 paid his second visit to Central Sulawesi province, which was severely damaged by recent earthquakes and tsunami, to ramp up aid efforts.
Mount Soputan in Sulawesi island of Indonesia emitted column of ash on October 3 morning while local people are struggling to overcome consequences of the recent earthquakes and tsunami.
The Vietnamese Government on October 2 decided to offer 100,000 USD in aid relief to help the Indonesian Government and people overcome consequences of recent earthquakes and tsunami.
The death toll from earthquakes and tsunami in Central Sulawesi province of Indonesia climbed to 1,203 and the figure is expected to rise, said the Indonesian Government on October 1.
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.
Top leaders of Vietnam on September 29 sent messages of sympathy to Indonesian leaders over the huge losses in humans and property caused by earthquakes and tsunami in Palu city, Central Sulawesi province.
Indonesia called on all militants hiding in forests in Poso of Central Sulawesi province to surrender after their leader, the most-wanted Santoso, was shot dead by the security forces.