How Long Will El Nino Be In Indonesia? This Is The Peak Schedule And Impact In Indonesia

Illustration of the impact drought of El Nino (ANTARA)

YOGYAKARTA Drought and hot weather that has occurred in several areas in Indonesia recently were caused by El Nino. The question then becomes, how long will El Nino in Indonesia occur? Answering this, the BMKG gave an explanation.

Quoted from VOI, the Head of BMKG, Dwikorita Karnawati, explained that the peak of El Nino is expected to occur from August to September 2023.

"It is predicted that the peak will be held in August-September," said Dwikorita, July 18.

The Head of the Climate Change Information Center of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Fachri Radjab also said the same thing. He told reporters that El Nino would occur until the end of 2023. But the peak was in August-September.

Citing the book Tanya Answer: La Nina, El Nino and Season in Indonesia, the term El Nino comes from Spanish which means boy. The term refers to the condition of the annual warm sea current which comes from the South along the coast of Peru and Ecuador as it approaches Christmas.

On the official website of the NTB BMKG, it is explained that El Nino is a phenomenon of sea temperature heating (SML) that occurs in the central Pacific Ocean. This triggers the growth of clouds in the central Pacific Ocean and has an impact on reduced rainfall in Indonesia.

The impact of El Nino in Indonesia in general is as follows.

Rainfall decreased drastically. The rate of decline itself depends on the intensity of El Nino. In addition, the decrease rate in each region is also varied so that it cannot be generalized.

The effect of decreasing rainfall then has an impact on drought in various regions. This condition is not only dangerous for the agricultural world, but people who are affected have the potential to not be able to get access to clean water for consumption.

The hot temperature that occurs when El Nino has an impact on decreasing the quality of agricultural parks such as fruits or vegetables. Usually, fruits and vegetables tend to dwarf or have a lack of fresh taste. This happens because of various factors, one of which is water.

The hot weather caused by El Nino can also trigger forest fires. Heat can trigger the emergence of fireworks that can burn grass or dry wood.

The warm current that occurred because El Nino also had an impact on marine biota, especially in the waters off the Pacific coast.

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