6.2 magnitude tremor hits central Indonesia, no casualty reported

2021-12-05T08:59+0100dtnext (en)

Jakarta The jolts triggered no tsunami, Head of the Quake and Tsunami Mitigation Division of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency Daryono told Xinhua by phone. The quake jolted at 6.47 a.m. Jakarta time on Sunday (23.47 GMT Saturday), with the epicenter at 147 km southeast of....

6.2 magnitude tremor hits central Indonesia, no casualty reported

2021-12-05T08:08+0100thestatesman (en)

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Sunday, and no report of casualty or damages was issued, officials said. The jolts triggered no tsunami, Head of the Quake and Tsunami Mitigation Division of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency Daryono told Xinhua by phone.

6.2-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia, no casualty reported

2021-12-05T07:54+0100peopledaily (en)

JAKARTA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Sunday, and no report of casualty or damages was issued, officials said. The jolts triggered no tsunami, Head of the Quake and Tsunami Mitigation Division of the Meteorology, Climatology....

6.2-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia, no casualty reported

2021-12-05T06:13+0100bssnews (en)

JAKARTA, Dec. 5, 2021 (BSS/Xinhua) - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Sunday, and no report of casualty or damages was issued, officials said. The jolts triggered no tsunami, Head of the Quake and Tsunami Mitigation Division of the Meteorology,....

6.2-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia, no casua...

2021-12-05T06:06+0100sinacom-en (en)

JAKARTA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Sunday, and no report of casualty or damages was issued, officials said. The jolts triggered no tsunami, Head of the Quake and Tsunami Mitigation Division of the Meteorology, Climatology....

2nd LD Writethru: 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia, no casualty reported

2021-12-05T05:01+0100china.org.cn (en)

JAKARTA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Sunday, and no report of casualty or damages was issued, officials said. The jolts triggered no tsunami, Head of the Quake and Tsunami Mitigation Division of the Meteorology, Climatology....

Drought: What must happen next

2021-12-03T13:55+0100theCitizen (en)

Every few years, it is devastating to watch the same tragedy: a weather cycle that brings debilitating drought and hunger to East Africa, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya. The weather cycle responsible for these episodes is a climate-change-enhanced “La Niña”.

BMKG collaborates with ministries for sustainable development

2021-12-01T17:38+0100antaranews-en (en)

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) has said it is collaborating with the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry and Transportation Ministry to realize sustainable development. BMKG's primary secretary Dwi Budi Sutrisno said that sustainable development....

El hombre que quiere convertir las ciudades en “esponjas” para lidiar con las inundaciones

2021-11-29T22:59+0100eluniverso (es)

Yu Kongjian, uno de los pensadores de diseño urbano más destacados de China y decano de la prestigiosa Facultad de Arquitectura y Paisaje de la Universidad de Pekín, es el hombre detrás del concepto de las ciudades esponja que se están desarrollando en varias partes del país para gestionar las inundaciones.

El hombre que quiere convertir las ciudades en "esponjas"

2021-11-29T00:17+0100mdzol (es)

"Estoy seguro de que si el río fuera como es hoy, alisado con muros de hormigón antiinundación, me habría ahogado ", le dice a la BBC. Fue un momento decisivo que afectaría no solo su vida, sino también al resto de China. Yu Kongjian, uno de los pensadores de diseño urbano más destacados de China y....

El hombre que quiere convertir las ciudades en "esponjas" para lidiar con las inundaciones

2021-11-28T19:21+0100elobservador (es)

El arroyo White Sand, crecido por la lluvia, había inundado las terrazas de arroz en la comuna agrícola de Yu en China. Yu, de solo 10 años, corrió entusiasmado hacia la orilla. De repente, la tierra bajo sus pies se derrumbó, arrastrándolo hacia las aguas en un instante aterrador.

El hombre que quiere convertir las ciudades en "esponjas" para lidiar con las inundaciones

2021-11-28T16:20+0100laprensagrafica (es)

Intenta hacerlo en tres áreas. La primera es en la fuente, donde al igual que una esponja con muchos agujeros, una ciudad intenta contener el agua con muchos estanques. La segunda es a través del flujo, donde en lugar de tratar de canalizar el agua rápidamente en líneas rectas, los ríos....

El hombre que quiere convertir las ciudades en “esponjas” para lidiar con las inundaciones

2021-11-28T15:54+0100prensalibre (es)

Yu, de solo 10 años, corrió entusiasmado hacia la orilla. De repente, la tierra bajo sus pies se derrumbó, arrastrándolo hacia las aguas en un instante aterrador. Pero los bancos de sauces y juncos ralentizaron el flujo del río, lo que le permitió a Yu agarrar la vegetación y salir.

El hombre que quiere convertir las ciudades en "esponjas" para lidiar con las inundaciones

2021-11-28T15:46+0100guatevision (es)

El arroyo White Sand, crecido por la lluvia, había inundado las terrazas de arroz en la comuna agrícola de Yu en China. Yu, de solo 10 años, corrió entusiasmado hacia la orilla. De repente, la tierra bajo sus pies se derrumbó, arrastrándolo hacia las aguas en un instante aterrador.

El hombre que quiere convertir las ciudades en "esponjas" para lidiar con las inundaciones

2021-11-28T14:04+0100eldeber (es)

Esta es la idea central detrás de la ciudad esponja del profesor Yu. La manera convencional de gestionar inundaciones es construir tuberías o desagües para llevar el agua lo más raudamente posible, o reforzar las orillas de los ríos con hormigón para garantizar que no se desborden.

What is La Nina and what does it mean for your summer?

2021-11-25T04:36+0100smh (en)

Plans for a sunny summer full of hot days lazing on the beach are far less likely now that a La Nina weather pattern has taken hold over the Pacific Ocean, bringing a stream of wet easterly trade winds to Australia’s eastern seaboard. The Bureau of Meteorology declared on November 23 that a La Nina....

The beasts to our east: What are El Ninos and La Ninas?

2021-11-25T04:23+0100brisbanetimes (en)

Plans for a sunny summer full of hot days lazing on the beach are far less likely now that a La Nina weather pattern has taken hold over the Pacific Ocean, bringing a stream of wet easterly trade winds to Australia’s eastern seaboard. The Bureau of Meteorology declared on November 23 that a La Nina....

The beasts to our east: What are El Ninos and La Ninas?

2021-11-25T04:14+0100theage (en)

Plans for a sunny summer full of hot days lazing on the beach are far less likely now that a La Nina weather pattern has taken hold over the Pacific Ocean, bringing a stream of wet easterly trade winds to Australia’s eastern seaboard. The Bureau of Meteorology declared on November 23 that a La Nina....

The beasts to our east: What are El Ninos and La Ninas?

2021-11-25T04:06+0100theherald-au (en)

Plans for a sunny summer full of hot days lazing on the beach are far less likely now that a La Nina weather pattern has taken hold over the Pacific Ocean, bringing a stream of wet easterly trade winds to Australia’s eastern seaboard. The Bureau of Meteorology declared on November 23 that a La Nina....

The beasts to our east: What are El Ninos and La Ninas?

2021-11-25T04:02+0100watoday (en)

Plans for a sunny summer full of hot days lazing on the beach are far less likely now that a La Nina weather pattern has taken hold over the Pacific Ocean, bringing a stream of wet easterly trade winds to Australia’s eastern seaboard. The Bureau of Meteorology declared on November 23 that a La Nina....

Molte piccole isole dell’Indonesia potrebbero finire sommerse

2021-11-23T14:24+0100onb-it (it)

Roma, 23 novembre 2021 (AgOnb) – Con l’innalzamento del livello del mare senza freni potrebbero essere almeno 115 le piccole isole dell’ Indonesia che in futuro si ritroveranno sott’acqua. A raccontarlo su The Conversation sono Noir Primadona Purba e Muhammad Maulana Rahmadi, ricercatori dell’Università di Padjadjaran, Indonesia.

ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update Week 46, 15 - 21 November 2021

2021-11-22T12:28+0100reliefWeb (en)

REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the forty-sixth (46th) week of 2021, a total of 20 disasters (15 floods, 4 landslides, and 1 wind-related) affected the region. Indonesia , the Philippines, and Viet Nam have reportedly been affected. Rain-induced landslides, and several localised high-intensity rainfall that....

BNPB Head monitors latest flood situation in West, Central Kalimantan

2021-11-20T09:01+0100antaranews-en (en)

Two employees in front of a ruined retail store in Sintang, West Kalimantan, on Friday (November 19, 2021). ANTARA PHOTO/Jessica Helena Wuysang/foc/FR. When disaster strikes, the BNPB will appear as soon as possible to help the people, who were affected, so that they could immediately receive help and avail basic living rights.