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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Mourners place candles on the beach at Boxing Day tsunami memorial 20 years after deadly giant wave swept Indian Ocean and killed 230,000

Thousands of mourners descended on beaches throughout Southeast Asia today to lay candles at memorial sites marking 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami, one of modern history's worst natural disasters. A person lights a candle during a vigil to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2004 tsunami at Tsunami Memorial Park in Ban Nam Khem, Phang …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

On 20th anniversary of world’s worst tsunami, experts warn of complacency

Al Jazeera

More than 227,000 people were killed in the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and experts warn it could happen again. McGovern, a key researcher at MAKEWAVES – a multi-institutional and multinational project founded by tsunami researchers – said a “heck of a lot” has been learned over two decades of research since the Indian Ocean tsunami, including simply how …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

‘Scenes of hell’: Crocodile emerges from water with lifeless body of housewife after killing her in 'death roll'

Hindustan Times

A 46-year-old woman on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, lost her life after being brutally attacked by a crocodile. The crocodile dragged the woman and resurfaced with her lifeless body after an hour. Almost an hour later, it resurfaced, but this time with the woman’s lifeless body between its jaws. Where the majority of residents’ settlements are on the coast …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Landslide triggered by rain in Indonesia’s Sumatra island kills at least 7 people

Associated Press

SIBOLANGIT, Indonesia — Seven people have died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said on Thursday, adding to the death toll from landslides in the region this week. Rescuers recovered the bodies of the victims, including a driver and passengers, from a tourist bus that was covered by trees, mud, and rocks in the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Indonesia seizes more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales said to be meant for Chinese clients

Associated Press

MEDAN, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities said Tuesday they have foiled a plot to smuggle more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales worth over a million dollars. The 1.2 tons of scales worth $1.3 million were found Nov. 11 in Asahan district of North Sumatra province and apparently were meant to be sent to China via Malaysia and Singapore, said …

Indonesia Sani Pangolin Scales

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rescuers recover 20 bodies from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Associated Press

KARO, Indonesia — Indonesian rescuers have recovered 20 bodies and are looking for two villagers who remain missing after flash floods on Sumatra island caused mud and rocks to tumble down mountainsides, officials said Tuesday. Four more bodies were recovered Monday evening in Karo Regency, bringing the total there to 10, National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said in …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Landslide and Floods in Indonesia Kill 16, 6 Missing

Deccan Chronicle

Karo: Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials said Monday. Rescuers on Sunday pulled two bodies from a river after flash floods swept away at least 10 houses and damaged about 150 houses and buildings in villages in South …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving 16 dead and 6 missing

Associated Press

KARO, Indonesia — Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials said Monday. Rescuers on Sunday pulled two bodies from a river after flash floods swept away at least 10 houses and damaged about 150 houses and buildings in villages …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Flash floods and landslides kill 16 people on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Al Jazeera

At least 16 people have been killed on Sumatra when flash floods and a landslide struck the Indonesian island. Rescuers on Sunday pulled two bodies from a river after flash floods swept away at least 10 houses and damaged about 150 houses and other buildings in villages in South Tapanuli district, said Puput Mashuri, who heads the local disaster management …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hundreds of Rohingya Arrive in Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh

Hindustan Times

About 146 Rohingya have landed in Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh provinces, marking the second wave of arrivals within a week. The boats carrying the refugees arrived in the Deli Serdang area of North Sumatra, with all of them surviving and being temporarily accommodated in a local administration office.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Surfer Giuliana Manfrini, 36, dies after being STABBED by a swordfish off a remote Indonesian island

Daily Mail

The surfing world is mourning Giuliana Manfrini after she died in a freak accident when a swordfish stabbed her in the heart off the Indonesian coast earlier this month. Her fellow surfers Massimo Ferro and Alexandre Ribas gave her first aid and she was rushed to a local medical clinic but could not be saved, surfing website Beach Grit reported. …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Surfer Giulia Manfrini dies in freak swordfish accident while catching wave off Indonesia's West Sumatra coast

ABC

An Italian surfer has died in a rare and tragic accident after being struck by a swordfish while surfing off Indonesia's West Sumatra coast. Lahmudin Siregar, acting head of the Mentawai Islands' Disaster Management Agency, said the swordfish "unexpectedly jumped towards Manfrini and pierced her chest". Ms Manfrini, a surf coach and founder of the surf travel agency AWAVE, was …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sumatra squall hits Singapore with 83.2 kmph speed

ABP News

Singapore, Sep 19 : Gusty winds brought about by a Sumatra squall from the Strait of Malacca hit Singapore on Tuesday evening with a speed of 83.2kmh, uprooting more than 300 trees, an unprecedented event in recorded history. The Meteorological Service Singapore said: "More rainfall is likely in the last week of the month, with thundery showers expected on most …

Singapore

3 months, 3 weeks ago

HistoriCity | Sri Vijaya Puram, Port Blair until last week, India’s strategic beacon on the vast seas

Hindustan Times

The change of the name from Port Blair to Sri Vijaya Puram has been done in the name of decolonisation. However, lying almost at the same distance from both Bengal and Tamil Nadu’s eastern coast, Andaman and Nicobar, an archipelago of more than 800 islands, has been a strategic location since ancient times. A similar description was given by Friar …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Meet the 'real-life Tarzan': Forest parkour athlete swings through jungles topless and races up 200ft trees - using his bare feet like hands

Daily Mail

Swinging through jungles topless and climbing trees up to 60 metres high in mere seconds – barefooted. He's pictured above atop a 40-metre-high pine tree in the Bialowieza Forest in Poland Leo grew up in the mountains of Andorra and has been practicing parkour and climbing for nearly 20 years. Leo is pictured in the above images swinging through the …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 58 people while 35 are missing

The Independent

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 67 people while 20 are missing

Associated Press

TANAH DATAR, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit Sumatra Island over the weekend left at least 67 people dead and another 20 missing. National Disaster Management Agency chief Suharyanto said the aim of Wednesday’s action was to redirect the rain elsewhere and keep the search operation …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Indonesian rescuers search through rivers and rubble after flash floods that killed at least 52

Associated Press

TANAH DATAR, Indonesia — Rescuers on Tuesday searched in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies, and whenever possible survivors, of flash floods that hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend. The floods swept away people and 79 homes and submerged hundreds of houses and buildings, forcing more than 3,300 residents to flee to temporary government shelters, National …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Flash floods and cold lava flow hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island. At least 37 people were killed

Associated Press

PADANG, Indonesia — Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano’s slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island triggered flash floods that killed at least 37 people and more than a dozen others were missing, officials said Sunday. The agency said that eight bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods that also hit Padang Pariaman, …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Indonesia: Flash floods in Sumatra kills 37 people, over dozen missing

India TV News

Indonesia's Sumatra island witnesses flash floods that killed at least 37 people while more than a dozen others went missing. According to National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari Monsoon rains and a mudslide from a cold lava flow on Mount Merapi, one of the 120 active volcanoes in the country, caused a river to breach its banks leading the …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Indonesia news: 19 killed, 2 missing after massive landslide hits Tana Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi Province

Live Mint

Nearly 19 people lost their lives and two more are still missing after a landslide caused massive destruction in central Indonesia, local authorities told AFP on Sunday. Indonesia's Tana Toraja regency, South Sulawesi province has been receiving heavy rainfall and harsh weather over the past few days without any break. The dead and the two survivors were evacuated from the …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 19 killed after landslides hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island

Hindustan Times

At least 19 people have been found dead and two more are missing after a landslide in central Indonesia, local authorities said on Sunday. Floods and landslides killed at least 26 people on Indonesia's Sumatra island last month The dead and two survivors were evacuated from two landslide-hit villages in Tana Toraja regency, South Sulawesi province on Saturday evening, said …

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9 months, 1 week ago

In Indonesia, deforestation is intensifying disasters from severe weather and climate change

Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Roads turned to murky brown rivers, homes were swept away by strong currents and bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods and landslides after torrential rains hit West Sumatra in early March, marking one of the latest deadly natural disasters in Indonesia. Government officials blamed the floods on heavy rainfall, but environmental groups have cited …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Rescuers recover bodies after dozens killed in flash flooding on Indonesia's Sumatra island

ABC

In short : At least 26 people have been killed and 11 others are missing after flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia. : At least 26 people have been killed and 11 others are missing after flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia. Rescuers have recovered bodies after flash floods and landslides killed at least 26 people and left 11 missing …

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Mourners place candles on the beach at Boxing Day tsunami memorial 20 years after deadly giant wave swept Indian Ocean and killed 230,000

On 20th anniversary of world’s worst tsunami, experts warn of complacency

‘Scenes of hell’: Crocodile emerges from water with lifeless body of housewife after killing her in 'death roll'

Landslide triggered by rain in Indonesia’s Sumatra island kills at least 7 people

Indonesia seizes more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales said to be meant for Chinese clients

Rescuers recover 20 bodies from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Landslide and Floods in Indonesia Kill 16, 6 Missing

Landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving 16 dead and 6 missing

Flash floods and landslides kill 16 people on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Hundreds of Rohingya Arrive in Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh

Surfer Giuliana Manfrini, 36, dies after being STABBED by a swordfish off a remote Indonesian island

Surfer Giulia Manfrini dies in freak swordfish accident while catching wave off Indonesia's West Sumatra coast

Sumatra squall hits Singapore with 83.2 kmph speed

HistoriCity | Sri Vijaya Puram, Port Blair until last week, India’s strategic beacon on the vast seas

Meet the 'real-life Tarzan': Forest parkour athlete swings through jungles topless and races up 200ft trees - using his bare feet like hands

Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 58 people while 35 are missing

Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 67 people while 20 are missing

Indonesian rescuers search through rivers and rubble after flash floods that killed at least 52

Flash floods and cold lava flow hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island. At least 37 people were killed

Indonesia: Flash floods in Sumatra kills 37 people, over dozen missing

Indonesia news: 19 killed, 2 missing after massive landslide hits Tana Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi Province

At least 19 killed after landslides hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island

In Indonesia, deforestation is intensifying disasters from severe weather and climate change

Rescuers recover bodies after dozens killed in flash flooding on Indonesia's Sumatra island