3 Regencies In Riau Set Fire And Forest Fire Emergency In The Middle Of Rainy Season

Riau's condition, which was hit by forest and new land fires, is new. doctors.ANTARA.

MERANTI - The Meranti Islands Regency Government (Pemkab), Dumai City and the Indragiri Hulu Regency Government have declared an emergency status for forest and land fires (karhutla). Karhutla has just hit a number of points in Riau.

"Currently, the joint team is still extinguishing forest and land fires such as in Pelalawan, namely in the Meranti Bay area, here in Dumai City, but it is already in the cooling process stage. Cooling is also carried out in Indragiri Hulu Regency, while in Meranti Islands Regency there has also been a Karhutla," said the Head of the Riau Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), M Edy Afrizal, confiscated by Antara, Thursday, March 21, confiscated by Antara.

He explained that the forest and land fires in Dumai and Meranti had been extinguished some time ago, but in the last few days, it was observed that a new forest and land fires point appeared, such as in Dumai City, forest and land fires had just occurred in Bukit Kapur. Officers who enter the location can handle it so that it is currently in the cooling phase.

Edy said, there are three regions that have set a standby status, namely Siak, Bengkalis and Dumai.

On the one hand, rain is predicted to fall in a number of areas in Riau. Based on estimates from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds is predicted to occur in parts of Indragiri Hilir, Rokan Hulu, Indragiri Hulu, until the evening.

At night, it is also predicted to rain in Rokan Hilir. Today's air temperature ranges from 23.0 to 32.0$C with humidity reaching 55 to 99 percent. The wind blows from northwest to east at speeds between 10 to 30 km/hour.

Wave height forecasts in Riau Province waters range from 0.50 1.25 meters (low). The latest total data hotspots at 23.00 WIB, Thursday, March 21 in Sumatra there are 139 points spread across Bengkulu 31 points, Jambi 6, West Sumatra 32, South Sumatra 1, North Sumatra 1, Riau Islands 27, Bangka Belitung 1 and Riau 40 points. Namely, Dumai 4, Pelalawan 20, Rokan Hilir 1, Siak 5, Indragiri Hulu 6, Meranti Islands 3, Kuantan Singingi 1 point.