Bandung – Lebih dari 2 ribu kepala keluarga (KK) di Kelurahan Cieunteng, dan Andir, Kecamatan Baleendah, dan Dayeuhkolot, Kabupaten Bandung, Jawa Barat, diminta untuk mengungsi, menyusul ketinggian Sungai Citarum hingga atas batas normal.
Lightning kills 27 in eastern India
PATNA : A total of 27 people including six children were killed across the eastern Indian state of Bihar after they were struck by lightning, officials said on Wednesday.
Twenty-two of the deaths were reported Tuesday while another five people were killed during pre-monsoon showers on Wednesday, the minister in charge of Bihar’s disaster management said.
Gempa 5,7 SR guncang Mamberamo Tengah, Papua
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG) menyampaikan telah terjadi gempa bumi dengan kekuatan 5,7 skala Richter, di Mamberamo Tengah, Papua, Rabu (5/6). Gempa yang terjadi pukul 18.55 WIB itu tidak berpotensi tsunami.
Germany pledges to help flood victims
At least 12 people have been killed in central Europe as floodwater inundates large areas of Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
Thousands of soldiers have been deployed to help towns and cities in the flood-hit region.
BNPB: 573 Kejadian Bencana Hidrometeorologi Selama Januari-Mei 2013
JAKARTA – Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) memperkirakan, bencana hidrometerologi seperti banjir, longsor, puting beliung, dan gelombang pasang berpotensi meningkat selama 2013. Dilaporkan, selama Januari-Mei 2013 terdapat 573 kejadian bencana hidrometeorologi yang tersebar hampir di seluruh wilayah Indonesia.
Bencana Hidrometeorologi 2013 Diperkirakan Meningkat
JAKARTA – Hujan berintensitas tinggi yang menimbulkan banjir, longsor dan memicu hama penyakit, diprediksi berlangsung pada Juli hingga Agustus mendatang. Pada gilirannya, hal itu menimbulkan gagal panen dan sebagainya.
Situation ‘dramatic’ as German town underwater after floods
PASSAU, Germany — Swollen rivers gushed into the old section of Passau in southeast Germany on Monday, as water rose in the city to levels not seen in more than five centuries.
The city was one of the worst hit by flooding that has spread across a large area of central Europe following heavy rainfall in recent days. At least eight people were reported to have died and nine were missing due to floods in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
Ketinggian Banjir Eropa Tengah Melebihi Banjir Besar 2002
PRAHA — Ribuan orang terpaksa meninggalkan rumah mereka dan setidaknya sembilan orang tewas akibat banjir meluas di Eropa, Senin (3/6/2013). Ketinggian banjir di kawasan Eropa Tengah yang mencakup Ceko, Jerman, Austria, dan Swiss disebut sudah melebihi kondisi banjir besar pada 2002.
TNI dan USARPAC Latihan Penanggulangan Bencana
JAKARTA – Staf Ahli Panglima TNI Bidang Kemanusiaan Mayjen TNI Meris Wiryadi, S.IP. didampingi Kepala Pusat Pendidikan dan Latihan (Kapusdiklat) Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana Wisnu Wijaya, Deputy Director US Agency for International Development US. Embassy M. Derrick Brown dan Deputy Commander Army National Guard US. Army Pacific Major General Gary M. Hara, membuka Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (PR DREE) di Pusat Misi Pemeliharaan Perdamaian (PMPP) TNI Sentul Bogor Jawa Barat, Senin (3/6/2013).
Indonesia’s worst mining disaster raises questions for Freeport mine
World copper prices have been propped up by a halt in production at the world’s second largest copper mine after a fatal accident there on May 14. The Indonesian government has just told Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold that it cannot resume operations at its Grasberg mine complex high in the remote mountains of eastern Indonesia until an official investigation is completed into the collapse of a training cavern that killed 28 miners. The cave-in at Big Gossan, the underground part of the Grasberg complex, was the country’s worst mining disaster. A truck driver died in an unrelated underground accident on May 31.