JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) is collaborating with the BMKG and related agencies to carry out weather modification operations (OMC) in Jakarta to anticipate extreme rain that has the potential to cause flooding in the capital city. This step was taken as an effort to prevent hydrometeorological disasters due to high rainfall.
Chairman of the DKI Jakarta BPBD Logistics and Equipment Sub-group Michael Sitanggang stated that today's operation includes one form of seeding in the southwest-northwest region of Jakarta. To date, a total of five sorties have been carried out with the use of 4 tons of NaCl food-grade salt to reduce the potential for extreme rain.
Acting (Plt) Director of BMKG Weather Modification Management Budi Harsoyo explained that the growth of rain clouds in Jakarta, Banten and West Java is quite high, with air humidity reaching 100%. If rainfall is predicted to exceed 50 mm/day, then the weather modifications in Jakarta will be carried out to reduce the impact of flooding.
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BMKG emphasized that OMC will not cause drought in Jakarta. If rainfall is in normal condition, it will still rain naturally in the capital city. Related to this, the public does not need to worry that the modification of the weather will eliminate completely rainfall.
Weather modifications in Jakarta are carried out as a strategic step to prevent flooding due to extreme rain. With the right seeding of NaCl salt, it is hoped that the intensity of rainfall can be controlled without disrupting the weather balance in the capital city.
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