Pasar Ikan Floodgate In Alert 2, BPBD Asks North Jakarta Residents In 9 Areas To Beware Of Floods

Residents crossed the floods in South Jakarta. (Antara)

JAKARTA - The status of the Pasar Ikan Floodgate, Penjaringan, North Jakarta has risen to the second alert following the water level reaching 205 centimeters or cm on Tuesday, November 8, at 06.00 WIB.

Based on the report from the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of DKI Jakarta Province, nine areas in North Jakarta are potentially affected.

The nine are Kamal Muara, Kapuk Muara, Penjaringan, Pluit, Ancol, Kamal, Marunda, Cilincing and Kalibaru.

The Jakarta BPBD said the alert status had just been updated on Tuesday, November 8 at 06.00 WIB. Previously, on the same day at 03.00-05.00 WIB, the status was still on alert or standby 3.

The change in status was triggered by an increase in the water level (TMA) at the Pasar Ikan Floodgate of about 5 cm from the time range of 03.00-04.00 WIB, to 15 cm at 05.00-06.00 WIB.

However, the weather at the Pasar Ikan Gate is currently bright and not cloudy.

The DKI BPBD has socialized the status through social media as well as notifications to the local sub-district and village heads and if in an emergency, residents are asked to contact the Jakarta Siaga 112 "call center".

Meanwhile, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) estimates that the port weather in mainland Jakarta has the potential for light rain this Tuesday and a maximum tide height of one meter is expected at 07.00 WIB.

BMKG predicts that the air temperature at Tanjung Priok Port, North Jakarta, will range from 26-29 degrees Celsius and humidity of 78-90 percent with an estimated wave height of 0.1-0.5 meters and wind gusts from northeast to southeast between three and eight. knots.

Likewise, forecasts for weather, temperature, humidity, and wind direction at Marunda Port and Kalibaru Port in Cilincing as well as Sunda Kelapa Port, Nizam Zachman Ocean Fishing Port Muara Baru, and Kaliadem Muara Angke Port in Penjaringan, North Jakarta.

The estimated maximum visibility or visibility in all of Jakarta's mainland ports is seven kilometers.

Meanwhile, in the waters of the western part of the Java Sea, the wind blows from the northwest to the northeast with a speed of between 6-15 knots with the weather forecast there being light rain.

The weather forecast for the Thousand Islands is cloudy with wind gusts from west to north between 5-12 knots.

The direction of the wind gusts and the height of the waves in the waters of the Thousand Islands is the same as the waters of the Jakarta Bay, namely west to north and the wave height is between 0.1-0.5 meters.

However, the wind speed in Jakarta Bay is only 3-8 knots. While the weather has the potential for light rain.

DKI Jakarta BPBD appealed to residents to be aware of the potential for rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds in East Jakarta, West Jakarta and South Jakarta on Tuesday afternoon and late at night and in Depok City, Regency and Bogor City in the early morning until late at night.