BNPB: Java To Nusa Tenggara Beware Of Drought At The End Of September-October

ILLUSTRATION OF DOC BETWEEN PHOTOS/Vaire Al Farisi/NZ (ANTARA PHOTOS/RAISAN AL FARISI)

The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) appealed to people in Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara to be aware of potential droughts on September 25 - October 1, 2023.

Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center, Abdul Muhari, said that the area was assessed by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) as having an easy level of burning of the soil surface layer.

"Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara must remain vigilant and the distribution of clean water must still be carried out," Abdul said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, September 24.

Abdul also noted that the South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi regions still have potential drought impacts, which can affect the level of ease of fire from existing land.

However, in some areas in Indonesia, especially areas above the equatorial line, the potential for wet hydrometeorological disasters can occur. So, that week, Indonesia received two hydrometeorological disasters simultaneously.

Abdul appealed to people in the central part of Sumatra to the north to immediately evacuate themselves if it rained for more than 1 hour and disturbed the object of sight.

"In addition, avoid being in areas affected by the disaster, such as the floods in Pariaman yesterday, there were landslides in the riverbank area, but quite a lot of people gathered, because it was unpredictable, the excalation of the affected areas occurred very quickly," said Abdul.