Although There Is No Storm Like BRIN Researcher Predictions, DKI Continues To Prepare 461 Mobile Pumps Until The Beginning Of January

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Water Resources Service (SDA) has alerted 461 mobile pumps spread across five areas of the capital city to anticipate the impact of extreme weather until early January 2023.

"In addition, we have 502 fixed pump units (stationary) spread across 181 locations," said Head of the Natural Resources Office Yusmada Faizal in Jakarta, Wednesday, December 28, quoted by Antara.

The Natural Resources Service noted that as many as 185 mobile pumps are ready to operate and 253 mobile pumps are alerted which can be used at any time.

His party also alerted 4,179 blue troops in the field in six areas of DKI Jakarta.

In addition, there are also 1,753 pump operators and sluice gates in five areas in DKI Jakarta.

The DKI SDA Office has also alerted 230 heavy equipment units, as well as 464 garbage trucks that are usually used to transport waste from river or river dredging results.

The DKI Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) said that based on BMKG data, the potential for heavy and very heavy rainfall can occur accompanied by lightning and strong winds in the capital city from 27 December 2022 to 2 January 2023.

Meanwhile, BMKG stated that DKI Jakarta is one of the areas that is included in the potential for extreme weather on December 28-30, 2022 with standby status.

This extreme weather has the opportunity to cause the impact of hydrometeorological disasters in the form of floods, puddles, and landslides.

BMKG explained that the potential for extreme weather was triggered by the active phenomenon of atmospheric dynamics around Indonesia which has a significant potential to increase rainfall in several areas.

The triggers include increased Asian Monsoon activity which can significantly increase the growth of rain clouds in western, central and southern parts of Indonesia.

In addition, the increasing intensity of the exciting cold phenomenon accompanied by the potential for cross-equatorial flows so that the flow of cold air masses from Asia entering Indonesian territory can also increase the growth of rain clouds, especially in the western and central parts of Indonesia.