Jakarta, Oct 1 (ANTARA) – Rescue workers need additional heavy equipment to evacuate the thousands of victims believed still to be trapped under building rubbles in Sumatra’s 7.6-magnitude earthquake that shattered Padang city on Wednesday afternoon and killed at least 600 people. The equipment is also needed to help remove hills of avalanches, rocks and [...]
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Jakarta, Sept 7 (ANTARA) – Last week’s magnitude-7.3 earthquake which rocked several parts of West Java and killed at least 74 people has prompted tourists to question whether it is now still safe to visit tourism objects in the region. Moreover, there are irrational rumors that are circulating in regions which were affected by the [...]
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Jakarta, March 29 (ANTARA) – Various humanitarian assistance has been flowing to the victims of the Gintung dam tragedy which killed at least 97 people and caused 102 others gone missing in Cireundeu village, in Jakarta’s southern outskirts, and until Saturday night, rescue workers were still facing problems of distributing the [...]
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Jakarta, March 28 (ANTARA) – The collapse of the Gintung reservoir which killed at least 50 people on Jakarta’s outskirts on Friday has prompted many quarters to urge the authorities to pay greater attention to over 200 dams in the capital city and its satellite towns of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi [...]
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