Heavy Rain Flushed Jakarta At Midnight

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JAKARTA - Heavy rain flushed the Jakarta area at midnight. A number of areas were previously flooded due to heavy rains, Thursday, February 18th.

Heavy rain still flushed until 23.51 WIB, Friday, February 19. Every now and then the roar of lightning.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) previously predicted rain in Jakarta on Friday, February 19.

At night, all areas will be cloudy. At midnight ahead of Saturday, February 20, the entire Jakarta area will experience light rain.

Meanwhile, the Disaster Response and Analysis Team at the National Aeronautics and Space Agency or LAPAN predicts that today there will be a big flood potential.

"All parties are expected to always raise awareness of the potential for large floods that can occur on February 19-20 in a large area in Jadetabek," said a team member from the LAPAN Center for Atmospheric Science and Technology, Erma Yulihastin.

The potential for flooding comes from the prediction of a disaster early warning system due to extreme weather which monitors extreme rain events or LAPAN's SADEWA (Satellite-based Disaster Early Warning System).

The maximum intensity of the extreme rain is estimated to occur at 05.00 WIB, Friday, February 19, 2021. After that, according to Erma, the intensity of the rain will decrease with time. Furthermore, it rains on a large scale and is persistent or continues until 17.00 WIB in the Jakarta and surrounding areas.

Another prediction is that in the afternoon, rain will also form in the Bogor area and its surroundings and spread north to Jakarta with an increase in the intensity of rain that will occur again before midnight at 23.00 WIB.

In addition, according to Erma, rain in Jakarta is expected to continue until 04.00 WIB on February 20, 2021.