Puncak Musim Hujan, BPBD Mencatat 57 Bencana Terjadi Di Indonesia Sepekan Terakhir

A boy stood in front of the house affected by the M 4.3 earthquake in Cisarua Village, Samarang, Garut. The earthquake occurred on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 night. (Between-Feri P)

JAKARTA - At least 57 disasters occurred in Indonesia just a week from January 30, February-5, 2023. Disasters hit the peak of the rainy season in a number of areas in the country.

"There have been 57 incidents, flood disasters dominate 40 percent, extreme weather, landslides," said Acting Head of the BNPB Disaster Data and Information Center Abdul Muhari in Disaster Briefing which was followed online, Monday, February 6, was confiscated by Antara.

Abdul said, disaster events increased compared to the previous 46 incidents.

He explained that the most dominant flood caused the death toll and the displaced residents. Therefore, his party warned the public to be aware of the potential for wet hydrometeorological disasters from late February to early March 2023.

BNPB has intervened in potential wet hydrometeorological disasters starting the Nataru 2022-2023 season with weather modification technology (TMC). This makes the pattern of virginity slightly reduced.

"And at the end of January to the beginning of February, we are aware that maybe the peak of this rainy season will be in the second week, or the third until the end of February," said Abdul Muhari.

Meanwhile, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reminded that after the rainy season, Indonesia must be alert to drought patterns, or dry season patterns that return to phase before being influenced by La Nina.

In addition, the earthquake disaster in the Bandung area, Pangalengan, Garut some time ago caused minor damage to 442 houses, although the strength was not large but the epicenter was very shallow, so the impact was quite significant.