Bengkulu Health Office Urges Residents To Reduce Outdoor Activities Due To Extreme Weather

JAKARTA - The Bengkulu Provincial Health Office (Dinkes) appealed to all people to reduce activities outside the home due to the current extreme weather in the area.

"We urge the people of Bengkulu to stay indoors to avoid extreme hot temperatures at this time," said Head of the Bengkulu Provincial Health Office, Herwan Antoni, Antara, Sunday, May 14. The public is also asked to always be aware of the weather that has the potential to cause health problems by implementing healthy lifestyles and eating healthy foods. until now, he said, there have been no reports from the public regarding the increase in upper respiratory tract infections (ispa) and other diseases that arise due to temperature changes in Bengkulu Province. "However, if there are people who feel a change in their bodies during the currently occurring hot temperatures, they can immediately visit health facilities," he said. Previously, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Baai Bengkulu Island Climatology Station explained that the hot temperature was due to the decrease in moisture where the air became drier and the air felt hotter in Bengkulu Province.

"In the humidity of the air in the Bengkulu Province, normally it is in the range of 75 percent to 95 percent and the humidity decrease occurs because the Sun's current trajectory is perpendicular to the equator line, causing evaporation and making the air drier and hotter," said the BMKG Data and Information Coordinator. Baai Bengkulu Island Station, Anang Anwar.

He said the air temperature in Bengkulu currently ranges from 18-33 degrees Celsius. However, the temperature in the region feels hotter.