Indonesia: Emergency Aid for Indonesia Flood Survivors

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:45:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Source: AmeriCares Country: Indonesia Global Pre-Positioning helps partners quickly respond to disaster Hundreds of Indonesia flood survivors were quickly helped with emergency aid supported by AmeriCares Global Pre-Positioning Initiative. Launched in 2012, the initiative provides funds to help....

Jakarta Flood Refugees Return Home as Quake in Aceh Kills One

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:53:00 +0100bloomberg (en)

Jakarta residents began to return home a week after flooding inundated houses across the Indonesia n capital, while an eight-year-old girl died as a 6- magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province on Sumatra island. The number of refugees in Jakarta fell to about 33,500 from nearly 46,000 yesterday,....

Indonesia: United States Offers Support to Indonesians Affected by Flooding In Jakarta

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:14:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Source: US Department of State Country: Indonesia , United States of America (the) Jakarta – On January 18, following the Indonesian government’s declaration of an emergency, U.S. Ambassador Scot A. Marciel offered U.S. assistance in response to the severe flooding in and around Jakarta. The United States, through the U.

How pre-positioning can make emergency relief more effective

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:15:00 +0100antiguanews (en)

This time three years ago, in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated Haiti , you might not have had time to read an article like this. Perhaps you were busy trying to charter a plane to fly relief supplies into Port-au-Prince. Maybe you were embroiled in fraught negotiations with suppliers....

INDONESIA - Jakarta paralysed by heavy flooding and traffic congestion

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:35:00 +0100asianews-en (en)

Large sections of the capital have been under water since Tuesday. Heavy rains have compounded the city's chronic traffic problem. In some places, it took six hours to move just a few kilometres. Schools are closed and official meetings are cancelled. At least 10,000 people have been displaced.

How pre-positioning can make emergency relief more effective

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:56:00 +0100guardian (en)

Buying and storing supplies locally speeds up emergency assistance and saves more lives This time three years ago, in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, you might not have had time to read an article like this. Perhaps you were busy trying to charter a plane to fly relief supplies into Port-au-Prince.

Indonesia: Regions will still see floods, landslides

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:28:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Source: Jakarta Post Country: Indonesia Ainur Rohmah and Markus Makur, The Jakarta Post, Semarang/Flores | Headlines | Wed, January 16 2013, 8:19 AM Flash floods, strong winds and landslides are still plaguing a number of regions across the archipelago.

Floods, landslides hit regions across Indonesia

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:44:00 +0100asianewsnet (en)

Flash floods, strong winds and landslides are still plaguing a number of regions across the archipelago. In Semarang, Central Java, the Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) declared that the city was .....

Subsidizing starvation

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:32:00 +0100antiguanews (en)

In the wake of Haiti's devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake exactly three years ago, former U.S. President Bill Clinton issued an unusual and now infamous apology. Calling his subsidies to American rice farmers in the 1990s a mistake because it undercut rice production in Haiti, Clinton said he had....

Indonesia: Flood cuts off toll road, kills 4 in Banten

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:28:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Source: Jakarta Post Country: Indonesia Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang A toll road was closed, four people reportedly died and dozens of families had to be evacuated in Banten on Thursday after days of heavy rains in the province, inundating at least four of its regencies.