BMKG Flood Predictions Rob Masih Melanda Tanjungpinang Until January 29, 2023

Tidal floods submerged roads in Bugis Village, Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, Wednesday/ANTARA

TANJUNGPINANG - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that tidal flooding will still hit the coastal area of Tanjungpinang City, Riau Islands Province (Kepri) until January 29, 2022. However, according to BMKG, the current maximum sea level has tended to decline, so the impact is predicted not to be too significant as in the last few days. "BMKG has given an early warning for tidal flooding until January 29, 2022," said BMKG Tanjungpinang forecaster, Hayu Nur Mahron, Antara, Wednesday, January 25. He said that the current tidal flood was not only triggered by high rainfall, but also the phenomenon of super new moon or the new moon perigee, which is the closest earth-month distance in this week period which has an impact on increasing the maximum sea level. Therefore, his party appealed to coastal residents to remain vigilant against the potential for tidal flooding until the end of this month. In addition, residents are also asked to be careful because the potential for high rainfall on Bintan Island is predicted to last until early February 2023. "We predict that rainfall is still likely to occur in the next week," said Hayu Nur Mahron. The flood submerged dozens of houses of coastal residents in Kampung Bugis Village, Tanjungpinang, Wednesday afternoon. Floods triggered by sea water rose to the surface plus light to moderate rainfall also submerged a number of roads to the size of an adult's calf. A resident of Bugis Village, Mira admitted that her entire house had been hit by floods as high as an adult's ankle, so a number of household furniture and cooking utensils were submerged in sea water. "Me and the children were forced to evacuate to Grandma's house first, while waiting for dry water," he said. Similarly, another resident, Rio, said that his house was also flooded with tidal waves from the kitchen to the living room. According to him, the condition of the tidal flood this time has never happened before, and is even claimed to be the largest hit Bugis Village in the last tens of years. "Rob flooding often occurs here. But it's never been this big, let alone submerging the whole house," said Rio.