BMKG Estimates Rain In Palangka Raya, Semarang, Medan And Palembang Today

Illustration of a man wearing umbrellas through the rain towards his destination. (Antara)

JAKARTA - A number of areas in Indonesia including Palangka Raya, Semarang, Medan and Palembang are expected to rain with varying intensities today, Thursday 26 January.

Quoting the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) website via Antara, rain of light intensity is expected to fall during the day in Pangkal Pinang, Palangka Raya, Tanjung Pinang, Bandar Lampung, Ambon, Ternate, Manokwari, Kendari and Manado.

Meanwhile, rain with light intensity is predicted to occur during the day in Banda Aceh, Bandung, Banjarmasin, Kupang and Medan.

Meanwhile, heavy rain accompanied by lightning and thunder is predicted to occur in Denpasar, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Mamuju and Makassar during the afternoon.

Cloudy weather was also present and covered the Serang, Jakarta, Gorontalo, Pontianak, Tarakan, Mataram and Jayapura City areas.

Areas such as Bengkulu, Jambi, Pekanbaru, Padang and Palembang have the potential to experience sunny cloudy weather during the day.

BMKG added that in the evening, light rain fell in Banda Aceh, Bengkulu, Yogyakarta, Gorontalo, Jambi, Bandung, Semarang, Pontianak, Banjarmasin, Samarinda, Pangkal Pinang, Ternate, Kupang, Pekanbaru, Padang and Palembang.

Then moderate intensity rain will fall in Makassar and Medan. Meanwhile, heavy rain has the potential to occur in Mamuju.

BMKG said today's weather temperature is expected to reach 20-33 degrees Celsius, with a humidity level of 60-100 percent.

Previously, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) stated that efforts to mitigate wet hydrometeorological disasters such as floods and landslides would remain a priority in 2023 in order to minimize the impact of disaster risks that might occur.

"Mitigation of wet hydrometeorological disasters is still a priority," said BNPB Acting Head of Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center Abdul Muhari.

Abdul Muhari explained that the government is still making efforts to control wet hydrometeorological disasters a priority because in Indonesia during the dry season, there is still the possibility of rain which has the potential to cause flooding.

Based on experience, in Indonesia floods and landslides can occur throughout the year, not only during the rainy season, because even in the dry season there is still the potential for rain even though the intensity is reduced.

"Preparedness and vigilance for the possibility of wet hydrometeorological disasters are still needed," he said.

He also added that currently BNPB has started to increase its preparedness for the dry season in anticipation of dry hydrometeorological disasters such as forest and land fires (karhutla). This is because in 2023, there is the potential for hot weather conditions to occur which could have an impact on drought and forest/land fire disasters.