Flood rocks Indonesia capital, Jakarta
Yusuf Latif said the floods were triggered by extreme downpours.
Category: Southeast Asia – Republic of Indonesia
Indonesia volcano sprews red-hot lava.
The Southeast Asian archipelago nation has nearly 130 active volcanoes.
14 missing, four dead in Indonesia landslide.
Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency said it had found four bodies, but were still looking for 14 people reported missing.
Quakes hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island – Report.
More than 100 people were killed when a 6.2-magnitude quake rocked the small city of Mamuju on Sulawesi island last month.
Volcano erupts in Indonesia
Mount Merapi’s last major eruption in 2010 killed more than 300 people, and forced the evacuation of around 280,000 residents from surrounding areas.
Just in: Indonesia landslide toll jumps to 21.
And 19 residents are still missing, including a half dozen children, but the chance of finding any of them alive was slim, said Bandung rescue agency spokeswoman Seni Wulandari.
Just in: Indonesia falls into recession in two decades.
However, the depth of the current decline was easing, the agency said, adding it pointed to stronger figures in the last quarter of the year.
