Heavy Rain And Strong Wind Hit Kupang On Christmas Eve

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KUPANG - Heavy rain and strong winds hit Kupang City during the 2021 Christmas Eve worship service in the capital city of East Nusa Tenggara Province.

Launching Antara, Friday, December 24, the rain that occurred from 17.45 WITA to 19.36 WITA resulted in a number of roads being filled with stagnant water.

Not only that, according to ANTARA's observations in a number of churches, church benches and chairs also look empty due to the bad weather predicted by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in NTT in the next few days.

"It was raining very hard, the wind was also very strong, so I was traumatized by the Seroja Cyclone incident last April," said Anita, a resident of Penkase Alak.

Meanwhile, the BMKG itself has released an analysis of the latest atmospheric dynamics at 07.00 WIB. The Tropical Cyclone Warning Center (TCWC) identified an increase in the intensity of the suspect area to become Tropical Cyclone 97S Seedlings with the system growth position on the border of the Timor Sea-Arafura Sea around the south of the Tanibar Islands or to be precise. at 9.4LS 130.3BT.

The lowest pressure is at the center of 1007 mb and the maximum wind speed around the system is 20 knots (36 km per hour).

Based on this modeling, it is estimated that this Tropical Cyclone seed system will strengthen in the next 24-48 hours, with a medium to high chance of becoming a Tropical Cyclone.

A significant increase in intensity is predicted to occur around Saturday, December 25 to Sunday, December 26 with a tendency to move south to southwest towards the northern waters of Australia and away from Indonesian territory and into the Australian TCWC responsibility area.