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Society 1 month ago
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Village fire underscores climate vulnerability of indigenous communities
Like many indigenous settlements across the archipelago, Kasepuhan Cipta Mulya is dominated by wooden buildings, valued for their naturally cool interiors and earthquake resilience but highly susceptible to fire. Combined with strong winds during the current dry season, the flames spread through the village within minutes.
Archipelago 1 year ago
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Death of a four-year-old due to extreme worm infection sparks online outrage
Over the following days, hundreds of live roundworms, collectively weighing around one kilogram, were expelled from her body, with some measuring up to 15 centimeters in length. Despite intensive care in the hospital’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Raya passed away nine days later.
Archipelago 1 year ago
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Police detain seven for vandalizing West Java home used for Christian retreat
West Java made another notch in its religious intolerance record when villagers in Tangkil, Sukabumi regency, damaged a neighbor's home for hosting a Christian retreat for youth and their parents.
Archipelago 1 year ago
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One dead after magnitude 5 "twin earthquakes" strikes North Sumatra
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency’s (BMKG) director for earthquakes and tsunamis Daryono said the first earthquake struck at 5:22 a.m. with a magnitude of 5.5, followed by a second earthquake measuring 5.6 just 56 seconds later.
Archipelago 1 year ago
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Weather modification operation to help mitigate West Java floods
Authorities plan to launch a cloud seeding operation to reduce rainfall intensity in disaster-hit areas across Sukabumi regency, West Java, to help authorities locate missing people and mitigate the impacts of flooding and landslides in the regency.
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