BPBD: Beware Of Heavy Rain All Over Jakarta Today

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) hopes that the community and related regional apparatus organizations (OPD), sub-district heads, and village heads of regions are prone to predictions of moderate to heavy rainfall throughout Jakarta, Monday morning.

The warning was uploaded on the official BPBD Jakarta social media page which stated the prediction of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) that all sub-districts in DKI Jakarta have the potential to rain with moderate to heavy intensity, starting from 03.30-06.30 WIB.

"Predictions of the potential for heavy rain from 03.30 WIB to 06.30 WIB, Monday, December 7, 2020," wrote the announcement which was monitored in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Monday, December 7.

"To the relevant OPD, the sub-district heads and village heads of areas prone to flooding or landslides, so that the PPSU and the Sub-district Flood Task Force should be prepared," continued the announcement.

Based on the announcement, all sub-districts in DKI Jakarta Province, with the exception of the Thousand Islands Administrative District, will have the potential for rain.

"Call (emergency number, red.) 112 if needed," read the announcement.