Help

BI’s Article search uses Boolean search capabilities. If you are not familiar with these principles, here are some quick tips.

To search specifically for more than one word, put the search term in quotation marks. For example, “workers compensation”. This will limit your search to that combination of words.

To search for a combination of terms, use quotations and the & symbol. For example, “hurricane” & “loss”.

Login Register Subscribe

Indonesia: Eruptions at Mount Sinabung cause $60 million in crop losses

Reprints

The Karo Agriculture and Plantation Agency said the regency had suffered crop losses of 712 billion Indonesian rupiahs ($60 million) since Mount Sinabung erupted in September 2013, The Jakarta Post reported.

Agustoni Tarigan, the agency's head, said volcanic ash had damaged large areas of agricultural land. Recently, Mount Sinabung erupted again, spewing volcanic ash, reports The Jakarta Post.

Read more