Seeds Of Cyclone 98S Approaching NTT, BPBD Forms Emergency Alert Command Post

Head of BPBD for East Nusa Tenggara Province Ambrosius Kodo (under) in an online meeting with the Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati. (photo: dock. intermediate)

The East Nusa Tenggara Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) formed an emergency alert post to facilitate coordination with various parties in anticipating the indirect impact in the area on the emergence of Cyclone 98S seeds in the waters of Arafuru. "The NTT Province BPBD has conducted a coordination meeting for preparedness in anticipation of natural disasters as an impact of the presence of Cyclone 98S seeds that have begun to approach the NTT region, triggering extreme weather in this area," said the Head of BPBD NTT for NTT Kombrosius Kodo in an online meeting with the Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati monitored in Kupang, Saturday, April 8. The meeting was related to an anticipation of the impact of an increase in the intensity of Cyclone 98S and 90W seeds in Indonesia which had an indirect impact on the NTT region. He said that the panic of residents in NTT had occurred on April 5, 2023 following information from individuals at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) who stated that the strength of the cyclone 98S that was approaching NTT was the same as the Tropical Cyclone Seroja Cyclone storm that hit NTT on April 5, 2021. "The NTT community has not yet recovered from the natural disaster trauma of Seroja's storm so that with this information it caused panic and disturbing to the people who were still traumatized by the Seroja storm two years ago," he said, quoted by Antara. He thanked the Head of BMKGDwikorita Karnawati who had confirmed that the strength of the Cyclone 98S storm was not the same as that of the Siclone 98S southwest of Saumlaki, so that it became important information for BPBD NTT to calm the residents., 129 degrees BT, still in the Tropical Cyclone Warning Center (WTC) Jakarta. He said the wind speed reaches 30 knots or 56 km/h. Head of BMKGDwikorita Karrnawati explained the strength of Cyclone 98S seeds which is currently observed to be around the Southwest Timor Sea.

He said the impact that occurred in the next 24 hours caused moderate to heavy intensity rain in a number of NTT areas and high waves of 1.2-2.5 meters in the Flores Sea, as well as a number of waters in Indonesia, such as Baubau waters, Seram Sea, and Banda Sea. He mentioned several areas in NTT that were in an indirect impact status of Cyclone 98S seeds, namely West Manggarai Regency, Kupang City, Kupang Regency, Kupang Regency, Southwest Sumba Regency, Sikka Regency, and Ende Regency. Other districts are on the alert status of Cyclone 98S seed storms, namely Rote Ndao Regency, South Central Timor, Manggarai, East Manggarai, Alor, Lembata, East Sumba, Nagekeo, Malacca, Ngada, North Central Sumba, Belu, Central Sumba, and East Flores. The capital of NTT Province is still raining with moderate intensity, since 14.30 WITA.