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Indonesia volcano erupts twice, spewing big ash cloud
Reuters, Published on 09/06/2023
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano erupted twice in just over one hour on Friday, spewing volcanic ash as high as 3,000 metres (9,843 feet) into the air, according to country's volcanology agency.
Indonesia expands search for missing fishermen
Published on 21/06/2020
» Indonesia has expanded the search for seven fishermen still missing after a rescue team found three more survivors of a capsized boat in waters near the Anak Krakatau volcano, officials said Sunday.
Rain sets off Indonesia landslide, killing 9 with 34 missing
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2019
» JAKARTA: Soldiers, police and residents fanned out across a damaged Indonesian village Tuesday, searching in the mud for possible victims of a landslide caused by torrential rain that killed at least nine people and left 34 others missing.
Year of turbulence
Asia focus, Published on 31/12/2018
» Two unpredictable men with weird haircuts and access to nuclear weapons had a friendly chat in Singapore -- and that was just one of the many noteworthy stories of 2018. Elsewhere in Asia, we witnessed some surprising political developments (Malaysia) and not-so-surprising ones (Cambodia), along with what seemed to be a disturbingly high number of natural disasters. Many see the latter as a manifestation of the growing impact of climate change, and it's a debate that is bound to intensify in the year ahead. Below, Asia Focus looks back on the eventful year now ending.
Anak Krakatau two-thirds smaller after deadly eruption
Published on 29/12/2018
» JAKARTA: The volcanic island Anak Krakatau, which erupted and collapsed a week ago triggering a deadly tsunami, is now only less than one-third of its pre-eruption size, scientists say.
Indonesia hikes danger level for deadly tsunami volcano
AFP, Published on 27/12/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia on Thursday raised the danger alert level for an erupting volcano that sparked a killer tsunami at the weekend, after previously warning that fresh activity at the crater threatened to trigger another deadly wave.
150 million Indonesians live in quake/tsunami-prone areas: official
Kyodo News, Published on 26/12/2018
» JAKARTA: Better, more sophisticated disaster mitigation is urgently needed in Indonesia as around 150 million of its 245 million people live in areas prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, while its early warning system does not work well sometimes because equipment gets stolen, vandalized or broken due to poor maintenance, a government official said Wednesday.
Indonesia says avoid coast near volcano, fearing new tsunami
Associated Press, Published on 26/12/2018
» CARITA BEACH, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities asked people to avoid the coast in areas where a tsunami killed more than 420 people last weekend in a fresh warning issued on the anniversary of the catastrophic 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami.
Rescuers scramble to reach isolated tsunami-struck towns
AFP, Published on 26/12/2018
» JAKARTA: Search and rescue teams on Wednesday plucked stranded residents from remote islands and pushed into isolated communities still desperate for aid in the aftermath of a volcano-triggered tsunami confirmed to have killed more than 400 people.
Sick, hungry Indonesians cram shelters after tsunami; 429 dead
AFP, Published on 25/12/2018
» CARITA, Indonesia: Desperately needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia's tsunami-struck coastline Tuesday, but humanitarian workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centres.