The Cause Of The 2025 Bali Flood That Killed Life Victims

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YOGYAKARTA A flood of natural disasters hit Denpasar, Bali on Wednesday 10 September. The disaster has drawn the spotlight of many people because it has had a severe impact. In the previous VOI report, it was reported that 9 residents died as a result of the Bali floods. So what is the cause of the Bali flood this time?

Floods that hit the Denpasar tourist area did not just happen. There are several things that are suspected to be the trigger, namely as follows.

Bali is known to have rained heavily for two days, from Tuesday (9/9) morning to Wednesday (10/9). In fact, the Head of the BMKG Region III Denpasar, Cahyo Nugroho, said that the intensity of Bali's rain was in the heavy to extreme category.

"The weather conditions in the Bali (Jembrana, Tabanan, Badung, Denpasar, Gianyar, Klungkung, and Karangasem regions) show that the accumulation of daily rainfall is in the heavy category (>50 mm/day) to the extreme category (>150 mm/day)," explained Cahyo.

This condition, said Cahyo, was caused by the active Rosby equatorial waves, causing convective cloud growth to occur. This condition then brought rain accompanied by lightning and thunder.

The intensity of extreme rain is exacerbated by the presence of garbage blockages in the waterways. In fact, this problem is in the spotlight of the Australian media, the Sydney Morning Herald. In an article entitled ''Highest we have accompanied': Bali inundated by deadlined flash floods', it is reported that the waterways are clogged with garbage, causing overflowing water to flow rapidly into the streets and settlements.

"Combined with garbage clogged waterways, it rains on Tuesday night until Wednesday turning rivers and small channels into heavy flows that knock down buildings and cause traffic jams," VOI quoted on Thursday, September 11.

Heavy rains also triggered overflowing water in several rivers in Bali. One of the overflowing rivers is the Tukad Badung flow near Badung Market, Denpasar. The overflow overflow overflowed, disrupting the activities of the surrounding community on Wednesday, September 9.

Floods that hit Bali claimed considerable losses. Not only building damage, floods also claimed lives.

In a report by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), floods in Bali had at least 202 families (KK) or 620 people. This impact was felt by residents in six districts/cities, namely Denpasar City, Jembrana Regency, Gianyar, Klungkung, Badung, and Tabanan.

Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lt. Gen. Suharyanto explained that this flood claimed 9 lives and 6 people were declared missing.

"For Bali itself, as of tonight, 9 people died. Then 6 people are still missing," said Suharyanto, Wednesday, September 10.

Those are some of the causes of the Bali floods. Visit VOI.id to get other interesting information.