Climate forecasts crucial to water resources and poverty reduction

The earth's most abundant resource, and still we have trouble finding adequate clean drinking water for nearly 1 billion people worldwide.  Climate forecasts can play a role in planning for meteorological events that contaminate and pollute water...

Haze from Sumatra forest fires covers Aceh

Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - Banda Aceh Municipality and Aceh Besar District have been covered by haze from Sumatra forest fires over the past few days, however it did not affect flights at Sultan Iskandar Muda airport.The haze had covered Aceh since last week, head of the...

Avalanche Killed Five Persons in Jammu Kashmir

"Srinagar (ABC Live): Snow avalanche killed five persons in Waltingo-Nar in Anantnag yesterday."

Strong quake rocks Indonesia`s Maluku islands

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A strong 6.3-magnitude quake hit off Indonesia's Maluku islands early Monday, but there were no reports of casualties or damage, the meteorological agency said. The underwater quake hit at 5:26 am local time (2026 GMT Sunday) and was centered 190...

Strong quake sparks fires in Indonesian town : residents

"A strong 6.2-magnitude quake struck Indonesia's Papua province on Monday, damaging about 25 houses and sparking fires but causing no casualties, the meteorological agency, officials and residents said.The earthquake was centred eight kilometres (five miles) northwest of the...

Earthquake kills one, injures 45 in Indonesia

"A strong earthquake of 6.7-magnitude struck off Sumbawa island in southeastern Indonesia early Monday, killing one and injuring 45, the health ministry said.The toll was "one dead and 45 people injured," ministry spokesman Rustam Pakaya told AFP. He confirmed that the victim...

Three earthquakes shake Indonesia on early Thursday

Bandarlampung (ANTARA News) - The National Meteorological and Geophysics office (BMG) reported that three earthquakes shook Indonesia early Thursday, respectively in Timika (Papua Province), Tolitoli (Central Sulawesi), and Blitar (East Java). At 3.02 am Western Indonesian...

Plate movement, awareness may have cut Indonesian toll: expert

""Most probably the quakes were caused by horizontal shifts in the continental plates," said Subardjo, a seismology expert with the Indonesian meteorological agency. "So although similar amounts of energy were released, it had a different effect than when the quakes are...

Aftershock shakes Jambi Province

"The epicenter of the aftershock was located at 2.83 degrees southern latitude and 100.11 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 54 km. Earlier at 07.16 am WIB, an aftershock measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted 97 km southwest of Painan, West SUmatra, at a depth of 67...