BRIN Urges Coastal Residents To Beware Of Rob Floods Due To Supermoon Phenomenon This Saturday

Residents cycled across the Kali Adem Port area, Muara Angke, North Jakarta, which was hit by tidal flooding on January 9, 2020. (Between-Aprilio A)

JAKARTA - Astronomist from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Thomas Djamaluddin appealed to coastal communities to be aware of tidal flooding due to the Supermoon phenomenon which is predicted to occur on Saturday, November 16, at 04.29 WIB.

Thomas explained that this phenomenon has an impact on increasing the maximum tide in coastal areas that have the potential to cause tidal flooding or tidal flooding.

"People in coastal areas need to be aware of the possibility of tidal flooding or tidal flooding," he said when confirmed in Jakarta, Thursday, November 14, as reported by Antara.

He explained that the impact of this Supermoon phenomenon will also increase if there is bad weather on the beach, which increases the potential for robs to sink further to the mainland.

"Or if there is flooding on land, the flood has the potential not to recede immediately, because of the higher tidal conditions," he said.

He explained that the Supermoon phenomenon is also known as the closest full moon phenomenon, because the distance between the Moon at that time became the closest distance to Earth.

This, he said, caused the Moon to appear bigger than usual. Therefore, the term Supermoon is used to facilitate public understanding of this phenomenon.

"Supermoon can be seen safely, because that's actually the full moon as usual," he said.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) also reminded the potential for coastal flooding or tidal flooding in several areas due to the Supermoon phenomenon.

Based on BMKG monitoring from water level data and tidal predictions, tidal flooding has the potential to occur in several coastal areas of Indonesia, including the coast of the Riau Islands, the coast of West Sumatra, the coast of Lampung, the coast of Banten, and the coast of Jakarta.

In addition, the north coast of Central Java, the coast of East Java, the coast of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), the coast of West Kalimantan, the coast of East Kalimantan, and the coast of Papua.