Jokowi Asks The Public To Follow BMKG's Information On Extreme Weather

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JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) asked for weather information from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) to be a reference. The public is asked for developments to anticipate the potential for extreme weather.

"Follow all information and follow everything that is conveyed by BMKG," Jokowi told reporters at the State Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday, December 28.

BMKG previously revealed the potential for storms in the Jabodetabek area on 28 December 2022. Deputy for Meteorology at BMKG Guswanto said this area is expected to experience moderate to heavy rain.

"But it's not a storm," he said in an online press conference in Jakarta, Tuesday, December 27.

Guswanto appealed to the public to remain calm and continue to update information through the official BMKG channel. In addition, vigilance against potential hydrometeorological disasters must also be increased.

Complementing it, Head of the BMKG Public Meteorology Center Fachri Radjab said rain with moderate to heavy intensity, even very heavy, still has the potential to occur until early January 2023.

He added that an increase in rainfall with heavy to very heavy intensity has the potential to occur on December 30, 2022.

Meanwhile, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and BNPB agreed to take advantage of the TMC at the end of 2022 in Jakarta. This method is used to anticipate extreme weather such as heavy rain accompanied by strong winds to storms ahead of the turn of 2023.

This was revealed when the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono met with the Head of BNPB Suharyanto at Graha BNPB, East Jakarta.

Suharyanto revealed that the weather modification cooperation using special equipment was also carried out with the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and the Indonesian Air Force.

"With the potential for rain to be talked about in the near future, BNPB will cooperate with DKI Province, later the implementation of BRIN and the Indonesian Air Force, budgeting from BNPB as well, we will implement TMC. Later, hopefully, when heavy rains do not interfere in the New Year's process," said Suharyanto, Tuesday, December 27.