Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) announced on November 6 that thousands of residents around Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano on Flores island will be permanently relocated following recent eruptions that claimed nine lives.
An airport in Madano city, the capital of Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, has been ordered closed while hundreds of people evacuated and the alert level raised to the highest on April 18 due to large-scale volcanic eruptions of Mount Ruang.
Indonesia has been identified as one of the 35 countries with the highest natural disaster risk, based on the number of fatalities in natural disasters between 2015 and 2020, said head of the country’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo.
Mount Merapi in Indonesia’s Central Java province spewed hot ash on January 4, causing mild ash rain over the Boyolali regency, according to the Boyolali Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).
Indonesian authorities issued a flight warning as Mount Kerinci volcano on Sumatra Island erupted, spewing a column of ash up to 0.8 km into the air, a statement from the energy and mineral resources ministry said on July 31.
At least nine people have been killed and 30 others injured after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Gutad town on the Philippines’ Luzon island, said Philippine authorities on April 23.
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.
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.
