BMKG Weather Forecast: A Number Of Provinces Are In The Flood Alert Category, Including Jakarta

Illustration. Motorcyclists ride in heavy rain on Jalan Ciledug Raya, Larangan, Tangerang, Banten (Photo: Muhammad Iqbal/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned that a number of provinces are included in the flood alert category due to heavy rains which are predicted to occur today. The BMKG reminded the provinces that fall into the flood and flash alert category are Aceh, North Sumatra, Bengkulu, South Sumatra, Lampung, Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java and East Java. The flood alert category also applies to West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan. , East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi and Papua. The potential for flooding in several areas in Indonesia arises along with the possibility of heavy rain and wind which is predicted by BMKG to occur in a number of provinces today, namely Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau. , Riau Islands, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Lampung, Banten, Java a West, DKI Jakarta, Central Java, DI Yogyakarta and East Java.

Heavy rain also has the potential to occur today in West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, West Papua and Papua. Other areas that have the potential to experience less rain are Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. Especially for the DKI Jakarta area, it is predicted that rain accompanied by lightning will occur in West Jakarta, North Jakarta and the Thousand Islands during the day. is potentially happening in Central Jakarta during the day and night, South Jakarta during the day, East Jakarta during the day and North Jakarta and the Thousand Islands at night.