Denpasar, (ANTARA News) - Fenomena alam yang cukup ganjil yakni berubah-ubahnya warna air kembali muncul di permukaan Danau Batur, Kecamatan Kintamani, Kabupaten Bangli, sekitar 75 kilometer utara Kota Denpasar.
Kemunculan warna air yang berubah-ubah kali ini, merupakan yang kedua kalinya terjadi di Danau Batur setelah sebelumnya muncul pada akhir Nopember 2007, ungkap beberapa warga di sekitar […]
Serang (ANTARA News) - After the Bandung-based Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has declared Mt Anak Krakatau in top alert status, tourists are strongly advised not to climb the volcano in the Sunda strait, because on certain times it was still spewing red-hot rocks and toxic […]
MANILA, Philippines - Rescuers battled huge waves and strong winds Sunday to reach a ferry that capsized during a deadly typhoon in the Philippines a day earlier, but found no immediate signs of the more than 740 passengers and crew.ADVERTISEMENT
Coast guard frogmen who managed to get to the stricken ship got no response when they […]
Earthquake-hit province was destroyed or damaged, a forestry official said Tuesday. China’s May 12 temblor centered in Sichuan devastated a vast area of wild habitat for endangered species, including the giant panda, Cao Qingyao, a spokesman for the State Forestry Administration, told reporters.
“We still cannot reach some of the local habitats, so it’s impossible to […]
Padang (ANTARA News) - Six regencies and cities in West Sumatra province are prone to tectonic quakes and therefore in need of protective anticipation and measures.
The six areas are located along the western coast of West Sumatra, West Sumatra Governor Gamawean Fauzi said in a draft document of West Sumatra`s long term development plan (RPJPD), […]
Jakarta: Deputy for Infrastructure at the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas), Dedy Priatna, has said Indonesia will receive funding assistance for flood management.
This will be in the form of a US$135 million loan from the World Bank, and US$10 million in assistance from Holland.
The funding will help the construction of seawall and “It will be […]
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Mt Soputan situated between South Minahasa and Southeast Minahasa in North Sulawesi province erupted on Friday at 4:15 p.m local time, with thick smoke and ash shooting high into sky.
Several Minahasa residents contacted from Jakarta on Friday said a part of Amurang, capital of South Minahasa regency, was blanketed with ash […]
Manado, N Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Mount Soputan in the northern part of Indonesia`s Sulawesi Island erupted at around 09.00 a.m. on Friday, spewing hot ashes.
“The tremors caused by the volcano`s activities are very strong. A total of 45 tremors have been recorded so far,” Sandy Manengkey, head of the Mt Soputan observatory post, said.
The […]
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake and a series of aftershocks rocked the Indonesian island of Flores early Wednesday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
The quake struck 170 kilometres (105 miles) west-northwest of the town of Endes at 1:31 am (1731 GMT Tuesday) and its epicentre was 10 kilometres […]
