Flash floods can last from just ... The Jakarta area of Indonesia is home to more than 30 million people and is regularly hit by floods. Photograph by Aji Styawan, Nat Geo Image Collection.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the ...

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo has apologized for the provincial government's inability to fully tackle the recent ...

Wiyanti, 55, who goes by the nickname Uum, poses for a portrait in her home in Condet, East Jakarta, weeks after an early ...

Indonesia could explore Transfer of Development Rights (TDR), channeling funds from urban development to conserve valuable ...

Heavy rains cause frequent landslides and flash floods in Indonesia, an archipelago nation of more than 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near floodplains.

JAKARTA, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Heavy rains in Indonesia's North Maluku have caused flash floods that hit a major nickel industry area in the province's Weda Bay, a search and rescue official said on ...

This is the moment raging flash floods caused by heavy rain in Jakarta, Indonesia washed away homes in Tamainusi Village on January 3. The flood also destroyed one private company building. Sadly ...

KARO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials ...

JAKARTA: (Bernama) A flash flood in Tapanuli Selatan district, North Sumatra province, on Wednesday (Dec 18) evening injured at least 10 people, according to Indonesia’s National Disaster ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the ...