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More bodies found after sudden eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising confirmed toll to 22
BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 22, officials said Tuesday. One person remained missing. ...
UN warns that 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue
BANGKOK (AP) — An estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea without adequate supplies could die if more is not done to rescue them, according to the U.N. refugee agency and aid workers. The number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing by boats...
Indonesia's Marapi volcano erupts for the second day, halting search for 12 missing climbers
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities halted the search for 12 climbers after Mount Marapi volcano erupted again Monday, spewing a new burst of hot ash as high as 800 meters (2,620 feet) into the air, officials said. The bodies of 11 climbers were recovered earlier in the...
UN warns that 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue
BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency on Monday sounded the alarm for about 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats reported to be out of supplies and adrift in the Andaman Sea. The UNHCR is worried that all aboard could die without efforts to rescue them, said Babar...
Eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi strands and injures climbers and blankets villages with ash
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's Mount Marapi erupted with white-and-gray ash plumes Sunday, stranding and injuring climbers and spreading volcanic ash over several villages. Two climbing routes were closed after the eruption and residents living on the slopes of Marapi were...
1 person is dead and 11 missing after a landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia's Sumatra island
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks from flash floods and a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Officials said Sunday that 11 people are still missing. Tons of mud, rocks and trees...
7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines, briefly prompting a tsunami warning
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning. The quake struck at...
At least 12 people are missing after heavy rain triggers a landslide and flash floods in Indonesia
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Torrential rain triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving at least 12 people missing, officials said Saturday. Tons of mud, rocks and trees rolled down from a mountain late Friday, reaching a river that burst its banks...
Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia's Jakarta
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays grey for months at a time, while ashes and the stench of smoke hang in the air. Suryana has spent more than three decades living in the shadow...
Indonesia opens the campaign for its presidential election in February
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Candidates opened their campaigns Tuesday for Indonesia's presidential election, which is shaping up as a three-way race among a former special forces general who's lost twice before and two former governors. The three presidential hopefuls have vowed a...
