BMKG Predicts Rain Until March 11, Jakarta, West Java To Palembang Asked To Be Alert

Head of BMKG Prof. Dwikorita Karnawati/ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that high intensity rain will still fall until March 11, although a few days earlier the intensity of rain was expected to fall slightly after the modification of weather in several areas.

BMKG asks several areas, especially those prone to floods and landslides, and areas that have the weak carrying capacity to receive rain to remain vigilant and even alert.

Yesterday the highest was up to 232 millimeters in 24 hours. We predict that until the 11th we still need to be vigilant and even alert. So, maybe it will decrease slightly. Then, it will increase again around the 11th," Dwikorita said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, March 4.

Despite these predictions, Dwikorita hopes that the weather modifications made by BMKG until March 8 can reduce the intensity of rain

"Upaya itu bukan mencegah hujan. Tidak mungkin. Insyaallah mengurangi intensitas hujan," sambung dia.

The Head of BMKG mentioned several areas that need to be vigilant and even alert, including West Java, DKI Jakarta, Lampung, parts of Palembang and several in Bengkulu.

"Please pray that everyone is mitigated and there are no casualties," said Dwikorita.

Floods of 1.4 meters high submerged residential areas in several areas in Bekasi, Jakarta, Tangerang, and Depok over the past 2 days. Floods also caused traffic access to be cut off due to several main roads being flooded with water.

In Bekasi City, the flood submerged eight sub-districts out of a total of 12 existing sub-districts. Bekasi Mayor Tri Adhianto during a joint meeting in a coordination meeting with the Head of BNPB Suharyanto and Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Pratikno, Tuesday, reported that public activities in eight sub-districts that were flooded were completely paralyzed.

Tri continued that the worst flooding occurred along the Bekasi River track, especially in the meeting area of Cikeas River and Cileungsi River. The water level is reported to have reached more than 8 meters, higher than floods in 2016 and 2020.

According to Tri, the flood was caused by overflowing water from the embankment built by the Ciliwung-Cisadane River Basin Center (BWSCC). In addition, there are also faults and embankments that have not been built along the river, exacerbating the impact of flooding.

"The water level reaches more than eight meters so that the water flows from the embankment that has been built. At some points, the embankment has not been completed so that the impact is very large," said the Mayor of Bekasi.