Tidal Waves In Manado Overflow Into The Street And Enter The Mall, BMKG Explains

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JAKARTA - Big waves occurred on the coast of Manado, North Sulawesi (Sulut), Sunday, January 17, afternoon. Even the sea water rises to the mainland and makes local residents panic.

This incident was shared by the Instagram account @ndorobeii. Even seawater is said to have entered the shopping center building.

"Sea Water is Overflowing in Mantos Manado," he said in a video shared on social media, Sunday, January 17.

In the video that was shared, several people can be seen running for their lives after seeing sea water rising to land. They ran towards higher ground.

"The tidal flood was caused by tidal waves," said Sam Ratulangi, Manado, Class II Meteorological Station officer, Lydia, confirmed by VOI.

Lydia delivered an analysis of extreme waves in the waters of North Sulawesi as of 17 January. This analysis was issued by the Bitung Meteorological Station, North Sulawesi, which has the authority to issue analysis and early warning waves.

In the analysis of the InaWAVE model on January 17, the wave heights in North Sulawesi waters ranged from 2.5 to 4 meters or were included in the Rough Seas category.

"At 19.00 WITA in the waters north of North Sulawesi, there was a tide of 2.3 meters. This resulted in an increase in wave height on the north coast of North Sulawesi, "the Bitung Meteorological Station reported.

Strong winds and high waves will continue until tomorrow, Monday, January 18th and will gradually decline.