Officials say smoke from fires set by slash-and-burn farmers has forced the closure of at least one airport in western Indonesia. Parts of neighboring Singapore and Malaysia have also been blanketed in a heavy white haze from the fires, the (...)
Floods triggered by incessant rains over the past three weeks, have submerged a total of 879.41 hectares of rice fields in Jambi Province, ANTARA reported.
The floods also caused 116 hectares of rice fields failed to harvest, Amrin Aziz, head of (...)
A whirlwind hitting Tebo District, around 280 km of Jambi city, damaged at least 76 houses at Sungai Rambai village, Tebo Ulu sub district, ANTARA reported.
"The whirlwind blew off a number of roofs and some of the houses almost collapsed," Saleh (...)
Rainstorm hit Muarojambi District, Jambi Province, Sumatra Island, on Sunday afternoon, damaging 24 houses, ANTARA reported.
Of the total damaged houses, 15 were located at Pemunduran village and nine at Merinai village, Kumpeh sub-district, Ricky (...)
At least one people was reportedly killed and hundreds of houses were destroyed as rainstorm, accompanied by lighting and thunder, swept through Jambi on Sunday, ANTARA reported.
Jambi municipal spokesman Jhon Eke Powa said here on Monday that the (...)
A total of 356 people have been killed in 431 road accidents in Jambi province since early this year, ANTARA quoted police as saying.
The figure was lower than that of last year when 396 people were killed in 451 road accidents, Senior Commissioner (...)
