Beware Of The Potential For Heavy Rain In 20 Provinces

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JAKARTA - The public is asked to be aware of the heavy rains that are predicted to flush 20 provinces in Indonesia on Saturday, June 8. Citing Antara, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of the Republic of Indonesia reported that Saturday morning, twenty provinces that have the potential to be hit by heavy rains were Aceh, North Sumatra, Riau, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, East Java, Bali, North Kalimantan, and East Kalimantan. Next, the Provinces of South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, North Maluku, Maluku, West Papua, and Papua. In addition to heavy rains, BMKG also reminded the public to be aware of the fall of rain accompanied by lightning and lightning in a number of areas. These areas include the provinces of Aceh, West Sumatra, Riau, Bengkulu, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, and Central Kalimantan. Lightning-driven rain is also predicted by BMKG potentially occurring in North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, North Maluku, and West Papua.

There are also warnings about rain accompanied by impacts such as floods that can hit areas of North Sumatra, Bali, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua. Next, BMKG reminded the public about the potential for strong winds that hit a number of areas, namely East Java, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Maluku, and Papua.