Jakarta – The death toll from a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province last month has reached 2113 and there's still more than 1300 people missing.
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October 21, 2018
October 20, 2018
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – After President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared that Indonesia would accept foreign aid to reconstruct Central Sulawesi following a strong earthquake with
October 14, 2018
Jakarta – Torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing at least 27 people, including a dozen children at a school, officials said
James Massola, Jakarta – The World Bank has promised up to $1.4 billion to help Indonesians rebuild their shattered lives following twin earthquakes that have devastated the resort isla
October 13, 2018
Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia have killed at least 21 people, including 11 schoolchildren, left 15 missing, an
October 10, 2018
Bernadinus Steni and Daniel Nepstad – Large landscapes of intact tropical forests will figure prominently in global strategies to avert catastrophic climate change and conserve biodive
October 9, 2018
Kate Lyons – Foreign aid workers who rallied to the island of Sulawesi after the devastating earthquake and tsunami more than a week ago have been asked to leave the country by the Indo
October 8, 2018
Vannessa Hearman – When the earthquake and tsunami hit the city of Palu, Central Sulawesi, last weekend, they not only brought wreckage and death.
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Kate Lamb in Palu – About 5,000 people are still missing, feared death, after an earthquake and tsunami hit Sulawesi just over a week ago.
October 7, 2018
David Lipson, Palu – For tens of thousands of Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami survivors, home for the next few months, if not years, will be one of the many camps springing up all ov
October 6, 2018
James Massola & Amilia Rosa – He was in a car in Balaroa, a suburb on the outskirts of Palu, driving his mum and aunt home from the family's shop, when the magnitude 7.5 earthquake
Jakarta – The National Police have arrested over 90 suspected looters in disaster-hit areas in Central Sulawesi following a strong earthquake and a killer tsunami that swept the region
October 5, 2018
Hannah Ellis-Petersen – International aid has finally started to arrive in disaster-hit Sulawesi as emergency teams cleared roads and restored power to parts of the island devastated by
October 4, 2018
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and agencies – The humanitarian crisis in Sulawesi has continued to worsen as organisations struggle to bring the millions of dollars in international aid that has
Raymond Samuel – Despite being embroiled in an economic crisis and even being depicted as a "failed state" by the Western media, Venezuela is still able to show empathy and solidarity w
October 3, 2018
James Massola & Amilia Rosa, Balaroa, Sulawesi – On the outskirts of Palu, in the suburb of Balaroa, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, the streets have been ripped apart.
The Venezuelan government announced Wednesday that it'd be donating US$10 million from its "solidarity fund," Vice President of the country Delcy Rodriquez confirmed on her Twitter acco
James Massola & Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The confirmed death toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia's Sulawesi island has risen to 1407, the disaster mitigation agency sa
October 2, 2018
Tasha Wibawa – Residents in the earthquake and tsunami-ravaged city of Palu have turned to looting due to a shortage of necessities such as food, water and petrol, local authorities hav
Hannah Ellis-Petersen – Anger and desperation are growing in parts of Sulawesi as residents faced a fourth day without food and drinking water after the Indonesian island was devastated
Kharishar Kahfi and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/Bandung – Four days after a 7.4-magnitude quake hit Central Sulawesi, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has stood by its d
James Massola, Karuni Rompies & Amilia Rosa, Palu – Indonesian rescue workers are now focused on retrieving dead bodies and digging mass graves following a devastating earthquake an
October 1, 2018
Jakarta – The Indonesian Retailers Association (Aprindo) has blamed the government for the looting that occurred at dozens of retail outlets in Palu and Donggala in Central Sulawesi, wh
Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation has said the deteriorating Palu-Koro fault had amplified the jolt of the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hi
Amilia Rosa, Palu, Indonesia – When I arrive at Palu airport on Sunday, two days after the double tragedies of a powerful quake followed by a massive tsunami, it is incredibly hot.
Makassar – An early warning system that might have prevented deaths in the tsunami that hit an Indonesian island on Friday has been stalled in the testing phase for years.
Amilia Rosa, Karuni Rompies, Jewel Topsfield & James Massola, Palu – Indonesia has said it will accept international aid to cope with the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and
September 30, 2018
Jakarta – Just 34 minutes after the latest major earthquake to strike Indonesia, officials called off a tsunami warning.
An Indonesian air traffic controller is being posthumously hailed as a hero for refusing to leave his post despite devastating earthquakes so that he could guide a passenger jet safely
James Massola, Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa & Karuni Rompies, Makassar, Indonesia – Grave fears are held for thousands of people living in the epicentre of a huge earthquake and tsu
Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) says that since 2012 Indonesia has had no functioning early tsunami detection buoys.
September 29, 2018
James Massola, Karuni Rompies & Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – At least 384 people have been killed after a series of earthquakes and a tsunami struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, wit
September 28, 2018
Associated Press, Jakarta – A powerful earthquake has rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, triggering a 1.5-metre (5ft) tsunami that an official said swept away houses in at least
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Environmental group Green Institute Indonesia has called on the government to review other reclamation plans outside Jakarta to follow the Jakarta administra
September 27, 2018
Jakarta – The Save Jakarta Bay Coalition (KSTJ) is urging the Jakarta administration to dismantle the four existing reclamation projects on Jakarta Bay, citing the severe environmental
September 22, 2018
Jakarta – Residents of Sumbersari village in Garut, West Java, held a rally to protest against leather-tanning factories that dumped untreated wastewater into the Ciwalen River in Sukar
August 28, 2018
Jakarta – Nickel miner Laman Mining is suspected of illegal bauxite mining operations, disrupting orangutan habitat in West Kalimantan's Tulak River forest.
August 27, 2018
Panca Nugraha and Aman Rochman, Mataram/Malang – As the emergency response period for recent earthquakes in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) comes to an end, survivors continue to strug
David Lipson – A month ago this Wednesday, the Indonesian Island of Lombok was struck by the first of a series of devastating earthquakes, and aftershocks still keep on coming.
August 24, 2018
Evi Mariani and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya paid a visit to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo at the palace on Oct.
August 22, 2018
Hans Nicholas Jong – A battle to save the world's most endangered great ape has intensified as conservationists lodge a lawsuit and collect over a million signatures against a planned h
August 20, 2018
Ten people have died in a strong earthquake on Lombok that set off a series of mudslides, cut power across the Indonesian island and damaged more than 150 homes as the community tries t
August 15, 2018
Ganug Nugroho Adi, Wonogiri, Central Java – At least 50,000 residents living in 31 villages across seven districts in Wonogiri, Central Java, have been affected by drought since July, a
August 12, 2018
Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – A spell of unusual heat in Riau has seen the number of hot spots rise from zero to 55 in only two days, according to official data.
Jakarta – The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Lombok a week ago has risen to 392, an official says.
August 9, 2018
Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 has hit Indonesia's Lombok island, less than a week after a 6.9-magnitude tremor that is believed to have kille
August 8, 2018
James Massola & Amilia Rosa, Sembalun Bumbung, Lombok – Indonesia's government, military and aid agencies are struggling to deliver aid to people in some of the areas hardest hit by
August 7, 2018
James Massola, Amilia Rosa & Karuni Rompies – Faded road signs serve as a poignant reminder that the island of Lombok is usually a destination for tourists from Australia and other
August 6, 2018
James Massola, Amilia Rosa & Karuni Rompies, Lombok – Indonesian authorities expect the death toll from a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the Indonesian tourist islands of Lombok an
August 3, 2018
Jakarta – More than 100 home industries in West Jakarta have been warned to stop polluting the environment, with half of them dumping untreated industrial waste into rivers.