Which Areas Are Likely To Be Showered With Rain And Wind?

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JAKARTA - BMKG issued an early warning for forecasting heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds that may occur in a number of parts of Indonesia, Saturday, October 22.

Reporting from the BMKG website, the potential for heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds was warned for the provinces of Aceh, Bangka Belitung, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau, West Sumatra, South Sumatra, North Sumatra, Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java, East Java.

Similar conditions also have the potential to occur in the provinces of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Maluku, Papua, West Papua.

Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati said that the start of the rainy season had started since September 2022.

He added, while the peak of the rainy season is predicted to occur in December 2022 and January 2023.

He said, people living on the banks or river valleys must really be aware of floods and flash floods.

Likewise, people living in hilly areas have the potential for landslides.

"Recognizing signs of landslides or floods and flash floods," he added, as reported by Antara.

Meanwhile, Plt. Deputy for Climatology of BMKG, Dodo Gunawan reminded to be aware of the emergence of various diseases during the rainy season.

"Given the large number of puddles, drastic changes in environmental temperature can trigger and make a person's immune system more susceptible to various diseases, such as influenza, dengue fever, diarrhea, acute respiratory infection (ARI), to leptospirosis due to flooding," he said.