Wildfires are raging across Indonesia, from Sumatra to Kalimantan. As the country responds to the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck the Flores Islands last week, and as many areas of Aceh are still recovering from earlier flooding, this wave of wildfires is increasingly concerning. Wildfires are ravaging high swathes of Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. …
Natural Disaster
Indonesia is still coming to grips with the impact of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the Flores Islands on Saturday 15th August. On Monday 17th August, a second significant earthquake hit the region, best known internationally for tourism hotspots like Labuan Bajo and the Komodo National Park. Labuan Bajo and Komodo National Park have …
The island of Bali sits right in the heart of the Pacific Ring of Fire. This is one of the most seismically active regions in the world, and the threat of volcanic eruption, earthquakes, and tsunamis is present. Here at The Bali Sun, we keep a close eye on all meteorological, geophysical, and climatic events …
It is super important that tourists traveling to Bali in the coming weeks keep up to date with the latest news. With seismic activity increasing nationwide and monsoon season floods sweeping multiple provinces, including Bali, it is vital that tourists understand what is happening on the ground. It has been a week of heavy rains, …
Bali has confirmed that it has installed three new tsunami early warning systems to help protect the community and tourists from natural disasters. There are already tsunami warning devices in place in Bali’s most popular and at-risk areas, including Seminyak Beach. The three new devices have been installed as a part of the Indonesia Disaster …
Thursday 18th September marks day eight post-flood in Bali, and while rains continue to fall over the worst-affected areas of the island, Search and Rescue teams are working to locate four people still reported missing. While intensive recovery efforts are underway across the island, the full extent of the damage is still being assessed, and …
The President of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, visited Bali this weekend to meet with flood victims and assess the extent of the damage caused by last week’s flooding. Major figures from the central government have also visited Bali, including the Deputy President Gibran Rakabuming Raka and Tourism Minister Widiyanti Wardhana. President Subianto visited Bali on Saturday, …
As Bali begins its recovery from major flooding this week, leaders in the province are calling on tourism attractions and the tourism sector as a whole to strengthen disaster mitigation. Flash flooding triggered by the worst rains in more than 70 years has killed at least 14 people in the province this week. The Tourism …
Bali Governor Wayan Koster has declared a state of emergency in the province as the island records the worst rain and flooding in 70 years. At least 14 people have been killed in the latest 48 hours, with many more missing and hundreds displaced. In a statement issued by Governor Koster and the Bali Provincial …
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency has issued early tsunami warnings across many of the country’s eastern provinces after an 8.7 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Tsunami warnings have been issued across the eastern coast of Russia and Japan, as well as the Pacific …
Tourists planning to travel through Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport over the next 48 hours are advised to check in with their airlines before departure. On Tuesday, June 17th, Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in the Flores Islands erupted, sending an ash cloud 11km into the air. This triggered the authorities to implement the …
Officials in East Nusa Tenggara have confirmed that Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted twice on the evening of Sunday, 20th April 2025. The volcano has been erupting regularly for the last six months and has previously impacted flights in and out of Bali due to volcanic ash entering airspace around the Indonesian archipelago. Lewotobi Laki Laki …