President s aid reaches isolated flood-hit areas 19th January 2021
Assistance from President Joko Widodo for victims of floods in South Kalimantan was distributed using helicopters. (ANTARA/Firman) Banjarbaru, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Basic needs assistance from President Joko Widodo for victims of floods in South Kalimantan has been distributed in hard-to-reach remote and isolated areas with the help of air transportation, officials said. Today, members of the Regional Leadership Communication Forum and I rode the helicopter to directly bring the President s aid to those who were isolated due to the floods, said Governor of South Kalimantan, H Sahbirin Noor, in Banjarbaru on Tuesday.
Indonesia s Semeru volcano erupts spewing hot clouds days after deadly earthquake
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Indonesia s Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring ash and smoke more than 5 kilometres into the sky above Java, just days after 49 people were killed in a deadly earthquake on Indonesia s Sulawesi island.
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Rescue operations were underway following a magnitude-6.2 earthquake
Many survivors said that aid had not reached them yet due to damaged roads
No evacuation orders have been issued so far on Java, the country s most densely populated island, but the National Disaster Mitigation Agency warned villagers living on the mountain s slopes to be alert for ongoing volcanic activity.
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