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Landslides and flash floods kill at least 16 on Indonesia’s Java Island
In December, 10 people were killed in flash floods that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java. In the ...
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Landslide triggered by rain in Indonesia's Sumatra island kills 9 people in a tourist bus
Muji Ediyanto of the North Sumatra Regional Police said in ... an archipelago of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood plains.
PBS25d
Looking back at the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years later
In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people across 12 countries. Ali Rogin ...
'Putricia' the corpse flower: The stinky sensation everyone's talking about
Nicknamed 'Putricia', Sydney's flower is set to bloom any moment — emitting a foul odour for 24 hours before it dies. The big ...
The New York Times28d
20 Years Ago a Tsunami Killed 230,000 People. We Can Do Better Now.
On Dec. 26, 2004, one of the largest recorded earthquakes struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, heaving a piece ... ultimately killed about 230,000 people in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri ...
NDTV28d
20th Anniversary Of World's Worst Tsunami: Lessons Learnt From 2004 Disaster
which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries. A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered huge waves that swept into ...
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Gordon Ramsay Explores Rugged West Sumatra
Fishing is important in the Indonesian archipelago, which is made up of more than 17,000 islands, the second-largest of which is Sumatra ... In a place where many people don’t have refrigeration ...