May 20-22, Central Kalimantan Potentially Heavy Rain With Thunderstorms

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PALANGKARAYA - Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) forecaster Tjilik Riwut Palangkaraya Chandra Mukti Wijaya asked people in Central Kalimantan to be aware of the potential for heavy rains on May 20-22.

"In the next three days, most of Central Kalimantan has the potential for heavy rains accompanied by strong winds and lightning strikes," Chandra said in Palangka Raya, as reported by Antara, Friday. May 20.

He explained, the potential will occur in the afternoon until the evening and continued in the early morning until early morning.

Chandra also asked the public to be aware of the continued impact of the extreme weather. The impacts are like disasters caused such as floods, puddles, landslides, strong winds, lightning or lightning and fallen trees.

"For example, what happened in the morning until late today in Palangkaraya City. Due to heavy rains since morning, a number of areas were flooded. Drainage channels overflowed and even roads and houses of residents were also flooded," he said.

He explained that the amount of rainfall in the "Beautiful City" reached 67.4 millimeters. The large amount of water discharge cannot be accommodated by the drainage in the local city so that areas that are categorized as low are submerged with varying heights.

For early anticipation of the threat of disasters, his party also always updates information on weather developments to relevant agencies, both local governments, vertical agencies, mass media and social media activists.

"We also provide services to the public, either through the official BMKG website, the BMKG application and various BMKG social media," he said. Meanwhile, on the official website of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency at www.bmkg.go.id, an early warning for the people of Central Kalimantan has also been listed.

Meanwhile, based on records from the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Palangka Raya City, there are at least tens of areas that are submerged in water when heavy rains occur.

The area starts from highways, neighborhood roads to residential areas. The height of the inundation ranges from 15 centimeters to 125 centimeters. Based on observations in the field, until this news was published, the puddles at a number of points began to recede. Some of the people whose homes were affected began to clean the location of the remnants of the puddle.