BMKG Records 24 Potential Hotspots Of Forest And Land Fires In 6 Regencies Of NTT

The distribution of hotspots in the NTT region (ANTARA/HO-Screen Response)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of El Tari Kupang Station reported that there are 24 hotspots in the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) region that have the potential to cause forest and land fires (karhutla).

"Currently 24 hotspots are being monitored, so we have to watch out for them," said BMKG forecaster for Class II Meteorological Station El Tari Kupang Vitro Nurvandyanto in Kupang, Monday, October 7, which was confiscated by Antara.

Hotspots that have the potential to cause land fires are found in six districts, namely Kupang Regency, South Central Timor, West Sumba, East Sumba, Alor and Lembata Regency.

The most hot spots are in Kupang Regency, namely nine hotspots, spread over five sub-districts, namely Southwest Amfoang, South Amfoang and West Fatuleu and West Amfoang Districts.

He added reports of this hot spot based on NOAA satellite imaging through Terra and Aqua modes.

In this connection, BMKG urges the public to be vigilant because there is a potential for fires to occur.

He explained that hotspots could be used to identify the initial events of forest and land fires.

"For this satellite data, it does not use percent, for green it shows a low level of trust, yellow is a moderate level of trust, and red shows a high level of trust," said Nurvandyanto.

The higher the level of trust, he said, the higher the potential that the hotspot is really land or forest fires that occur.