JAKARTA - A number of regions in Indonesia have the potential to experience heavy rain which can be accompanied by lightning and strong winds, according to the weather early warning of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

Quoted from the BMKG website in Jakarta, Thursday, there is the potential for heavy rain in the provinces of Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau, West Sumatra, South Sumatra, North Sumatra, Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara.

Similar conditions also have the potential to occur in the provinces of West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Maluku, Papua and West Papua, Thursday 24 November reported by Antara.

Especially for West Java, especially in Cianjur, BMKG projects the potential for rain which can be accompanied by lightning and strong winds between noon and night.

Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati reminded that rainfall was increasing towards its peak in December 2022 to January 2023.

"So we must be aware of the possibility of further disasters after yesterday's Cianjur earthquake," he said.

Dwikorita appealed to local governments and the public to be aware of the possibility of further natural disasters such as landslides and flash floods carrying slope debris material due to the M5.6 earthquake that rocked Cianjur Regency, West Java on November 21, 2022.

Dwikorita also said that the intensity of aftershocks in Cianjur Regency has decreased in the next four days since November 22, 2022.


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