Search (Indonesia)

Indonesia's main rescue agency had its funding cut by a parliamentary panel on Wednesday as part of a plan to divert government expenditure to other programmes, despite concerns over the number of disasters the agency ha...

Twenty-three soldiers trapped by landslides in Indonesia's West Java have been confirmed dead, a navy spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Indonesian rescuers have resumed searching for some 80 people still missing in a deadly landslide, after the mission coordinator said operations had to be suspended overnight due to harsh weather.

Flash floods triggered by torrential rain killed at least 16 people in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, officials said Tuesday.

Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for the Mount Bur Ni Telong volcano in the country’s westernmost province of Aceh to its second highest following a series of increased activity and volcanic earthquakes...

The death toll in Indonesia's devastating floods closed in on the 1,000 mark Thursday (Dec 11) as hundreds of thousands more continued to face shortages, with frustration growing over relief efforts.

A fire swept through a seven-storey office block in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday, killing 22 people, police said.

Hit by deadly floods, Indonesians in the region around Aceh Tamiang are grappling with worsening diseases and a lack of medical care as workers struggled to help dozens of residents at the lone hospital in the area.

Deaths from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors isolated by the disaster with hundreds of people still unaccounted for acros...

The number of people killed by floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rose to 708 on Tuesday, the country’s disaster agency said, with 504 people missing.

Across South and South East Asia, at least 1,100 people have been killed in flooding and landslides due to extreme wet weather this past week. The death toll is expected to rise given that in recently-hit areas like Indo...

The death toll from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island Friday rose to 174 on Friday with 79 people missing, authorities said.

Torrential monsoon rains have set off destructive floods and landslides across Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 17 people and leaving dozens of others missing, according to local authorities.

Indonesian authorities evacuated over 1,000 people, including over 170 hikers, on Thursday after the eruption of its Semeru volcano, one of the country's tallest peaks.

Rescue workers dug through tons of mud and rubble on Monday as they searched for 34 missing people after two separate landslides in two different regions on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed at least 18 people.

Indonesian rescuers were searching Friday for people who went missing in landslides triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia ’s Java island. Authorities reported three confirmed deaths with 20 others missing.

Dozens of people have been injured in an explosion during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a high school complex in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.

Indonesian authorities said on Tuesday that 15 people, mostly children, were killed after being swept away while crossing a river in the easternmost Papua region, while the search for eight children missing in another f...

The Indonesian Military said it killed 14 Papuan fighters during an operation to free a village from the control of separatists this week and residents had welcomed its troops.

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, erupted for a second straight day Wednesday, spewing towering columns of hot ash that later blanketed villages. No casualties were immediately reported.