Beware Of Floods! Several Areas In The Country Are Starting To Enter The April Rainy Season
JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that a number of major provinces and cities in Indonesia have the potential to experience rain ranging from light to heavy intensity on Monday, April 1
The BMKG weather early warning, which was quoted by ANTARA from its official website, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, April 1, stated the potential for heavy rain to fall at a number of points in Aceh, North Sumatra, Riau, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Lampung, and Banten.
Heavy rains are also predicted to fall in West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, Maluku, West Papua and Papua.
Meanwhile, BMKG predicts rain with lighter intensity has the potential to occur in West Sumatra, Jakarta, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, South Kalimantan and South Sulawesi.
In particular, heavy rains can occur in a number of big cities on the first day of April, including in the cities of Bengkulu, Yogyakarta, Gorontalo, Bandung, Pontianak, Samarinda, Bandar Lampung, Kupang, Pekanbaru, Manado and Padang.
According to the BMKG, light rain can occur in Denpasar, Serang, Jambi, Banjarmasin, Palangkaraya, Tarakan, Pangkal Pinang, Tanjung Pinang, Ambon, Ternate, Mataram, Jayapura, Manokwari, Mamuju, Makassar, Palembang, and Medan.
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In the Jakarta area, light rain has the potential to fall in West Jakarta and South Jakarta during the day and night while East Jakarta is expected to experience rain in the morning and during the day.
BMKG also reminded that a number of provinces have the potential to fall into the alert category for the impact of heavy rains such as floods, including Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lampung, West Java, and Central Java.
Furthermore, the DI Yogyakarta, East Java, NTT, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Maluku, West Papua and Papua areas.