Indonesia Updates

REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the forty-eighth week of 2024, the ASEAN region experience 35 significant disasters, including floods, landslides, storms, and wind-related events. Indonesia, Malaysia, the...

The death toll increased following the landslides and flash floods event that affected North Sumatra province in the past few days. According to national authorities and media, 20 people died across...

REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the forty-seventh week of 2024, the ASEAN region experience 41 significant disasters, including droughts, floods, landslides, storms, and wind-related events. Indonesia,...

Since 23 November, heavy rainfall has been affecting most of Sumatra island, triggering landslides and flash floods that resulted in casualties and damage. According to national authorities and...

On 19 November at 7.00 UTC, a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall occurred in Purworejo regency, in southern Central Java province, in central Indonesia, resulting in casualties and damage. As of...

Overview The Joint External Evaluation (JEE) team would like to express its appreciation to Indonesia for volunteering for a second round of JEE. This demonstrates commitment, foresight, and...

In Banda Aceh, UNESCO calls for increased investment in tsunami preparedness UNESCO gathered the world’s leading tsunami experts and policymakers in Indonesia to mark twenty years since the deadly...

Highlights WFP supported Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency at the Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Action in Berlin, highlighting a new regulation for integrating Anticipatory...

New eruptions have been recorded as well as volcanic earthquakes in the Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano, East Flores regency, East Nusa Tenggara province. On 14 November the volcanic ash reached up to...

JAKARTA, 14 November – A deadly volcanic eruption in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province has displaced more than 15,000 people and disrupted the education of around 5,300 students[1], Save the...

The volcanic activity of the Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano, in East Flores regency, East Nusa Tenggara province, continues. Dozens of eruptions have been recorded since 3 November, on 11 November, the...

REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the forty-fifth week of 2024, the ASEAN region experience 27 significant disasters, including floods, landslides, storms, wind-related events, and volcanic activity. Indonesia,...

The Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano, in East Flores regency, East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted eight times on 7 November, with volcanic ashes that reached 8,000 m above the summit of the crater. As of...

Operational Context As of September 2024, Indonesia is host to 11,735 refugees and asylum-seekers (6,548 families) residing primarily in urban areas throughout the Indonesian archipelago. Almost half...

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OVERALL PROGRESS Context Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation, is projected to reach a population of 281 million people by 2024. The country is the 10th largest economy in terms of...

The activity of Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano, East Flores regency, East Nusa Tenggara province is still ongoing following minor volcanic explosions and volcanic earthquakes. According to the ASEAN...

On 26 December 2004, apocalyptic scenes flickered across TV screens around the world: leveled coastlines, uprooted palm trees, and people desperately searching for their loved ones under the rubble...

REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the forty-fourth week of 2024, the ASEAN region experience 38 significant disasters, including droughts, floods, landslides, storms wind-related events, and volcanic activity...

Country under monitoring: Indonesia OVERVIEW: According to the Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG), Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Sunday, 3 November at 2257 HRS UTC+7. The...