TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has reported that heavy rainfall across western Sumatra and parts of Java continues to be influenced by the ...

According to BMKG, there are several factors behind the widespread rainfall and the strengthening El Nino index.

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Continued torrential downpours triggered the catastrophic landslip in West Bandung’s Pasirlangu village early on Saturday, trapping dozens of people under up to eight metres of mud and debris. By ...

A cliff near the mine collapsed on Thursday, burying a group of miners working only three meters away, said West Sumatra police spokeswoman Susmelawati Rosya.