Popular yesterday: school tents for NTT earthquake victims - forest fire smoke

The government, through the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, has begun distributing 100 emergency classroom tents to support the continuity of teaching and learning activities for students whose school buildings were damaged by the earthquake in East Nusa Tenggara.

A total of 25 students from 14 countries had the opportunity to learn the distinctive wood carving art of Jepara Regency, Central Java, directly from professional local carvers at the Jepara Wood Carving Gallery.

Natural disasters can trigger an ecological amplification phenomenon that is highly risky for causing disease outbreaks that spread to humans or animals, according to Ristiyanto, a researcher from the Centre for Public Health and Nutrition Research at the National Research and Innovation Agency.

Flights to and from Haji Muhammad Sidik Muara Teweh Airport in North Barito Regency, Central Kalimantan, have been cancelled over the past two days due to disruption from smoke caused by forest and land fires. The airline that cancelled flights to Muara Teweh on Wednesday and Thursday was Wings Air on the Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan–Muara Teweh route.

The National Search and Rescue Agency has intensified medical evacuations for vulnerable groups, including the elderly and pregnant women in East Nusa Tenggara, who are ill and traumatised by the numerous aftershocks following the magnitude 7.7 earthquake several days ago.