BMKG Medan: High Rainfall, Beware Of Landslide Potential In North Sumatra

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MEDAN - The Center for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BBMKG) Region I Medan predicts high rainfall in the future. The community, especially in the highlands in North Sumatra, should be aware of the potential for landslides.

"Beware of heavy rains for parts of the west coast and mountains which can cause puddles of water for urban areas and landslides for highland areas", said Medan BBMKG Region I forecaster, Endah Paramita in Medan, quoted by Antara, Thursday, December 9.

In general, she explained that the weather in North Sumatra on Thursday afternoon was cloudy with the potential for light to moderate rain in the Nias Islands, Central Tapanuli, and surrounding areas.

Cloudy evenings and potentially light to heavy rain in the areas of Central Tapanuli, North Tapanuli, Humbang Hasundutan, Padangsidimpuan, and surrounding areas.

In the early hours of the morning, it will be cloudy with the potential for light to moderate rain in Central Tapanuli, North Tapanuli, Humbang Hasundutan, Samosir, Toba, Dairi, Pakpak Bharat, Padangsidimpuan, and surrounding areas.

Meanwhile, the air temperature is 18.0-32.0 degrees Celsius, humidity is 60-95 percent, and the wind blows from the Southwest-Northeast at a speed of 10-30 km per hour.