Tourists heading to Labuan Bajo, including residents of West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), are asked to be aware of extreme weather in the form of heavy rain accompanied by strong winds at the end of the 2022 holiday.
The warning of the impact of extreme weather in the form of hydrometeorological disasters was conveyed by the Head of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of the Komodo Labuan Bajo Meteorological Station, Sti Nenotek.
"We urge residents to be aware of disasters in all sub-districts in West Manggarai for the period December 27 to January 2, 2022," he said Wednesday, December 28.
Based on the release of potential extreme weather from BMKG, Sti explained that there is a significance of atmospheric dynamics that can increase the potential for extreme weather during the Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023 periods.
He also appealed to tourists and residents of West Manggarai to be aware of the potential for flooding, landslides, and trees or power poles to fall due to extreme weather.
To residents in 12 sub-districts located in West Manggarai, Sti also reminded them not to carry out activities outside the home when it rains with high intensity.
If the rain lasts long enough and visibility decreases, he continued, residents who live on hill slopes or cliffs must immediately evacuate independently.
Sti also advised tourists and residents who want to travel by using ferry transportation to increase awareness of weather conditions. In addition, residents who live on the coast are asked to be aware of tidal flooding in this extreme weather.
He further appealed to tourist ships to comply with the prohibition given by the harbormaster for the safety of ship passengers during the 2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year holidays.
Sti ensured that the BMKG continued to intensify coordination, synergy, and communication between related parties to prepare for the anticipation of hydrometrorological disasters.
The public is also asked to continue to monitor information on weather developments and extreme weather early warnings from the BMKG.
"Don't be consumed by hoaxes from irresponsible parties. Official information is only from the BMKG," he said.
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