JAKARTA - Regional governments at the provincial level are urged to be aware of the impact of heavy rains in Bengkulu, South Sumatra and Lampung. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) calls on local governments and communities to increase vigilance and preparedness in the face of potential hydrometeorological hazards, such as floods, flash floods, landslides and strong winds.
Based on information on the potential impact of heavy rain, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded the three provinces as alert. This forecast applies to weather analysis on 18 October 2020, 08.00 WIB, until Monday, 19 October 2020, 07.00 WIB.
While on alert status, BMKG released provinces with this status, namely Aceh, Jambi, Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, West Nusa Tenggara, East Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, West Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, West Papua and Papua.
This month, several parts of Indonesia enter the rainy season. These areas include the east coast of Aceh, parts of Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Island, Lampung, Banten, parts of West Java.
Then part of Central Java, part of East Java, part of West Kalimantan, part of Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, part of East Kalimantan, part of North Kalimantan, part of Sulawesi, North Maluku and a small part of West Nusa Tenggara.
Local governments and each party should be vigilant considering the La Nina phenomenon that occurs in the archipelago. One of the impacts triggered by this phenomenon is the increase in rainfall which leads to a hydrometeorological disaster.
BMKG analyzes based on historical records that La Nina can cause an increase in the accumulated amount of monthly rainfall in Indonesia to 40 percent above normal.
However, La Nina's impact is not uniform across Indonesia. BMKG released, in October-November, an increase in monthly rainfall due to La Nina can occur in almost all parts of Indonesia, except Sumatra.
Then, from December to February 2021, increased rainfall due to La Nina can occur in eastern Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku-North Maluku and Papua.
In October, several season zones in Indonesia are expected to enter the rainy season, including an increase in rainfall in line with the start of the rainy season accompanied by an increase in accumulated rainfall due to La Nina.
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