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Prabowo Deploys 1,500 Soldiers and Six Helicopters Against Fires

8/25/2026

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Prabowo Deploys Forces

President Prabowo Subianto ordered 1,500 additional soldiers and six helicopters to combat Borneo wildfires.
Police arrested 72 individuals and launched probes into four companies suspected of using fire for land clearing.
The Transportation Ministry approved 35 foreign-registered aircraft for water-bombing and aerial patrol missions.
Malaysia permitted its planes to enter Indonesian airspace for cloud-seeding along the border.

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Scientists Warn

Scientists warn the developing Super El Niño could raise Pacific sea-surface temperatures over 3 °C above normal by October.
Mark Parrington of ECMWF says 1997-98 fires emitted 2.5 gigatonnes CO2 and 2015 fires emitted 1.5 gigatonnes.
Panama has restricted Panama Canal shipping as El Niño-driven drought lowers lake water levels.
El Niño is expected to suppress Atlantic hurricanes but has already spawned nine Eastern Pacific storms, including Category 5 Genevieve.

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Prabowo Deploys Forces

President Prabowo Subianto ordered 1,500 additional soldiers and six helicopters to combat Borneo wildfires.
Police arrested 72 individuals and launched probes into four companies suspected of using fire for land clearing.
The Transportation Ministry approved 35 foreign-registered aircraft for water-bombing and aerial patrol missions.
Malaysia permitted its planes to enter Indonesian airspace for cloud-seeding along the border.

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