Flood Rob Imbas Moon Full Moon, BMKG Predictions Occur In North Jakarta 3-10 January, Central Java 1-15 January

Residents walked to avoid sea waves on the North coast, Pekalongan, Central Java, Monday, May 23, 2022. (Between-Harviyan PP)

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) estimates that tidal flooding will occur during the full moon full moon phenomenon. This phenomenon will hit a number of parts of Indonesia on Friday, January 6.

"The existence of a full moon phenomenon on January 6, 2023, has the potential to increase the maximum sea level," said Head of the Maritime Meteorology Center, BMKG, Eko Prasetyo, Monday, January 2, as reported by Antara.

Based on water level data monitoring and tidal predictions released by BMKG, the full moon has the opportunity to cause tidal flooding on the north coast of DKI Jakarta from 3-10 January 2023, the southern coast of Central Java on 4-11 January 2023, and the north coast of Central Java 1-2 January 2023 and 6-15 January 2023.

In addition, tidal flooding has the potential to occur in a number of other coastal areas of Indonesia with different times.

Eko explained that on the coast of Padang, West Sumatra and the coast of Bengkulu, there is a chance to occur on January 6-7, 2023, the coast of the Riau Islands on January 1-10, 2023, and the coast of Banten 1-5 January 2023.

Furthermore, the coast of West Java 1-4 January 2023, and the coast of East Java 5-9 January 2023, the coast of NTB 5-8 January 2023, the coast of NTT 1-2 January 2023, the coast of West Kalimantan 6-10 January 2023, the coast of Central Kalimantan 8-10 January 2023.

Next, the north to east coast of the Talaud Islands and the western and eastern parts of the Sangihe Islands of North Sulawesi 1-6 January 2023, the coast of South Sulawesi 6-8 January 2023, the northern coast of the Halmahera Islands 7-9 January 2023, the coast of Buru Island, Ambon City and Lease Islands, East Seram., Tual City, Aru Islands, Tanimbar Islands, West Seram and Banda Island 1-10 January 2023, and the coast of South Papua 1-7 January 2023.

Eko said, in general, tidal flooding due to the full moon phenomenon has an impact on community activities around ports and coasts, such as loading and unloading activities at ports, activities in coastal settlements, the busyness of salt demand and land fisheries.

"The potential for tidal flooding in several parts of Indonesia is different in time (days and hours) in each region," he said.