Early Warning Of Extreme Weather In Cianjur, BPBD Asks Waterfall Tourists And Alert Beaches

Curug Ngebul tourist destination in Pagelaran District, Cianjur, West Java. (Between-Ahmad Fikri)

The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Cianjur Regency issued an early warning to be aware of extreme weather for the next three days.

The Head of BPBD Cianjur Asep Sukma Wijaya said, based on information from the BMKG, it had been distributed throughout the Cianjur area, including to tourist attractions so that they could appeal to tourists to be careful and vigilant.

"We also ask residents who are currently and will carry out holidays at Christmas and New Year's Eve moments to be diligent in seeing weather forecast information and three daily early warnings released by BMKG," he said in Cianjur, West Java (West Java), Wednesday, December 27, which was confiscated by Antara.

Especially for waterfall and marine tourism actors in the southern region of Cianjur, he said, so that they can urge tourists who come not to approach dangerous areas or beaches when extreme weather and high waves occur.

To anticipate, his party has alerted 1,800 disaster-resilient volunteers in coordination with the TNI/Polri apparatus to carry out rapid supervision and handling when an accident occurs at tourist attractions on year-end holidays.

"Reslaws assisted by officers will carry out surveillance and reporting every day, including reporting weather conditions in each region, so that it must be everyone's vigilance, including tourists," he said.

Head of West Java BMKG Climatology Station Rakhmat Prasetia said that in the next week there are estimated factors that affect the formation of clouds of rain in most of the provinces.

He appealed to residents and tourists visiting West Java to remain alert to hydrometeorological disasters or the impact of extreme weather such as very heavy rain, tornadoes, and hail.

"The extreme weather can have various impacts, such as floods, landslides, fallen trees, and other impacts of damage, so this needs to be watched out for, especially tourism actors and tourists who vacation throughout West Java," he said.