BNPB chief Suharyanto says landslides and flooding in West Sumatra had claimed a total of 30 lives as of Monday.

Rescue operations are continuing for several people still missing as a result of flooding and landslides in West Sumatra, while the National Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that the death toll had risen to 26 as of Monday.

Torrential rains on Thursday triggered the disaster in West Sumatra province, where rivers overflowed and landslides swallowed homes. 

Torrential rains on Thursday triggered the disaster in Pesisir Selatan regency in the West Sumatra province, with more than 75,000 people forced to evacuate.

Torrential rains triggered the floods and landslide that hit Pesisir Selatan regency, West Sumatra, forcing around 46,000 people to evacuate to temporary shelters.

A statement from the Presidential Palace said that Prabowo joined the President in a flight on the presidential aircraft, which left the Halim Perdanakusumah Military Air Base in East Jakarta on Friday morning.

While there were no casualties in the incident, several windows at the police station were broken by stones. 

The 26-year-old leader of the Mangkunegaran court made the statement in response to speculation that Gibran had given his blessing for the young king to run as mayor in the upcoming regional election.

Health agencies in some regions have been recording an increase in cases of dengue fever and deaths caused by it in the past month, and are warning residents to be alert regarding the mosquito-borne disease.

Bali continues its policy of granting Rp 300 million to each customary village in 2024, aiming to preserve and promote the Balinese culture through various programs.

Jakarta is preparing a religious-based approach to release Philip Mark Mehrtens who has been held hostage for more than a year by a rebel group in Nduga, Papua Highlands.  

Authorities found the remnants of 50 fuel tanks following an explosive at a used oil warehouse in Bandar Lampung, Lampung province, which led to an investigation into alleged fuel hoarding.

The phenomenon began on Feb. 19 after days of heavy rain in Cibedug village, West Java, but a formal investigation has yet to take place to find the cause of the incident.  

As of Wednesday, the search and rescue team was still looking for victims who might be trapped in the landslide. 

Two West Java regencies have declared a state of emergency lasting 7-14 days after they were hit by several violent whirlwinds in the past week, including a disaster that could be the first tornado in Indonesia.

The two victims are identified as students from Bandung-based Padjadjaran University. 

Aside from the energy ministry, local police have opened their own probes after at least 123 residents were hospitalized for suspected poisoning and 300 others were evacuated on Friday from two villages in North Sumatra's Mandailing Natal regency, where SMGP recently started operating a newly drilled geothermal well.

The Japanese man was arrested while trying to cross illegally into Malaysia.

The Cartenz Peace Operation task force in Mimika apprehended Epson Nirigi, a known member of an armed criminal group, who allegedly received Rp 30 million from a former Kenyam district head to procure munitions for the armed group.

After the violent wind swept the town of Sumedang in West Java province on Wednesday, a climatologist at government research body BRIN Erma Yulihastin, said the agency would "reconstruct and investigate the tornado".

The flooding is caused by the equinox, where the Sun is directly above the equator bringing low pressure and heavier rainfall.

A linguistic expert at Papua Language Center has said that according to his research, four native languages in Papua had become extinct due to a lack of speakers.

Personnel from the Operation Cartenz Peace 2024 task force arrested on Sunday Alenus Tabuni, sometimes known as Kobuter, a member of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) armed criminal group, a spokesman reported on Monday.

State-owned railway company Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) will evaluate its operational procedures after a National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) investigation found that both a signaling error and human factors led to last month’s fatal train crash in West Java.

West Java acting governor Bey Triadi Machmudin confirmed that the Finance Ministry has approved the construction of the Greater Bandung Light Rail Transit (LRT) project after a meeting between the two parties on Monday.

The villages of Dulipali, Nobo and Waiula, among others, were cited as being at among the highest risk of heavy rain-induced lahars.

Former MRT Jakarta chief William Sabandar was appointed as head of the Nusantara Capital City IKN Authority expert assistance team for transportation on Feb. 16, 2024, aiming to achieve the goal of 80 percent public transportation usage and net-zero emissions.

The armed criminal group (KKB) fired at a Wings Air plane upon landing at Nop Goliat Dekai Airport on Saturday, hitting the aircraft’s fuselage.

The delay affects 22,091 voters across 92 polling stations in the Central Papua regency. 

Tourist-dependent Bali attracts millions of foreign visitors annually and the beach-dotted island is trying to capitalise on its popularity to boost its coffers and protect its tropical allure.